Psalm 62:9
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9nSurely omen of low degree are npvanity, and omen of high degree are qa lie:
To be laid in the balance, rthey are ||altogether lighter than npvanity.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Surely the lowborn are but a breath,
the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together they are only a breath.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Common people are only a vapor;
important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than a vapor.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind,
and the powerful are not what they appear to be.
If you weigh them on the scales,
together they are lighter than a breath of air.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Only a vapor are men of low degree,
a deception are men of high degree.
Weighed in a balance,
together they are lighter than a vapor.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press