Psalm 62:9 - Revised Version 1885 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) and men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie and a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Human beings are nothing but a breath. Human beings are nothing but lies. They don’t even register on a scale; taken all together they are lighter than a breath! Catholic Public Domain Version My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version my soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me. |