Psalm 62:9
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62:9Men are nothing but a mere breath;
human beings are unreliable.21
When they are weighed in the scales,
all of them together are lighter than air.22
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- 21 Heb “only a breath [are] the sons of mankind, a lie [are] the sons of man.” The phrases “sons of mankind” and “sons of man” also appear together in Ps 49:2. Because of the parallel line there, where “rich and poor” are mentioned, a number of interpreters and translators treat these expressions as polar opposites, בְּנֵי אָדָם (béney ’adam) referring to the lower classes and בְּנֵי אִישׁ (béney ’ish) to higher classes. But usage does not support such a view. The rare phrase בְּנֵי אִישׁ (“sons of man”) appears to refer to human beings in general in its other uses (see Pss 4:2; Lam 3:33). It is better to understand the phrases as synonymous expressions.
- 22 The noun הֶבֶל (hevel), translated “a breath” earlier in the verse, appears again here.
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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.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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