Psalm 39:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ “When You chastise man for crookedness with reproofs, You consume what he loves, like a moth; All men are but a breath. Selah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. [Selah

Common English Bible

¹¹ You discipline people for their sin, punishing them; like a moth, you ruin what they treasure. Yes, a human life is just a puff of air! Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.

Psalm 39:11 Cross References

Job 13:28

And he, like that which is rotten, wastes away, as a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 30:30

My skin became black upon me, and my bones burned with heat.

Job 4:19

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Job 9:34

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let His dread frighten me.

Isaiah 50:9

See, the Master יהוה  helps Me. Who would declare Me wrong? See, all of them wear out like a garment, a moth eats them.

Hosea 5:12

“So I am to Ephrayim like a moth, and to the house of Yehuḏ

1 Corinthians 5:5

deliver such a one to Satan for destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit be saved in the day of the Master יהושע.

Hebrews 12:6

for whom יהוה  loves, He disciplines, and flogs every son whom He receives.”

2 Peter 2:16

but he was rebuked for his transgression: a dumb donkey speaking with the voice of a man restrained the madness of the prophet.

Revelation 3:19

“As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. So be ardent and repent.