Psalm 39:6
Psalm 39:6 — The New International Version (NIV)
6 “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;
in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth
without knowing whose it will finally be.
Psalm 39:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)
6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Psalm 39:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Psalm 39:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)
6 We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
Psalm 39:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
Psalm 39:6 — New Century Version (NCV)
6 People are like shadows moving about.
All their work is for nothing;
they collect things but don’t know who will get them.
Psalm 39:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)
6 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.
Psalm 39:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
6 Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalm 39:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
6 Each person who walks around is like a shadow.
They are busy for no reason.
They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”
Psalm 39:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
6 “Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.
Psalm 39:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up, and do not know who will gather.
Psalm 39:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
6 Surely a man walks about as a mere shadow;
surely in vain they bustle about.
He heaps up possessions but does not know who will gather them in.
Psalm 39:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
6 People are only shadows as they go here and there.
They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything.
They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will get it.