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Psalms 62:9

Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

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ASV

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

KJV

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַ֤ךְ׀'akhonlyH389 →
הֶ֥בֶלHe.vel[are] a breathH1892 →
בְּנֵֽי־be.nei-[the] children ofH1121 →
אָדָם֮'a.DamhumankindH120 →
כָּזָ֪בka.Zav[are] falsehoodH3577 →
בְּנֵ֫יbe.Nei[the] children ofH1121 →
אִ֥ישׁ'isheveryoneH376 →
בְּמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbe.mo.ze.Na.yimin [the] balancesH3976 →
לַעֲל֑וֹתla.'a.Lotto go upH5927 →
הֵ֝֗מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
מֵהֶ֥בֶלme.He.vel[are] more than a breathH1892 →
יָֽחַד׃Ya.chadtogetherH3162 →

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Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. SelahIsaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.Isaiah 40:15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.Psalms 118:9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?Psalms 49:2both low and high, rich and poor alike.Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. SelahJames 1:9The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.1 Samuel 18:21–26“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”1 Samuel 23:12So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”1 Samuel 18:5So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.1 Samuel 23:19–20Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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