Psalms 39:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”
Psalms 39:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Psalms 39:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Psalms 39:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.”
Psalms 39:6 — World English Bible
Psalms 39:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. ”
Psalms 39:6 — American Standard Version
Psalms 39:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, <FI>in<Fi> vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.”
Psalms 39:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Psalms 39:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“ Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them. ”
Psalms 39:6 — Darby Translation
Psalms 39:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.”
Psalms 39:6 — Geneva Bible
Psalms 39:6 in Context — Psalms 39
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
What Does Psalms 39:6 Mean?
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