Psalm 39:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for naught are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Surely every man walks to and fro–like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and emptiness he is in turmoil; each one heaps up riches, not knowing who will gather them. [I Cor. 7:31; James 4:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁶ Yes, people wander around like shadows; yes, they hustle and bustle, but pointlessly; they don’t even know who will get the wealth they’ve amassed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Psalm 39:6 Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job 7:16

I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 7:7

“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:48

What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, man's delight.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches were lost in a bad venture; and he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.

Luke 12:26

If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.