Psalm 39:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.

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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.

Psalm 39:6 Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man born of woman is of few days and turmoil-filled.

Job 7:16

I have wasted away, I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is a breath! My eye is never again to see good.

Psalm 127:2

In vain do you rise up early, To sit up late, to eat the bread of toil; So He gives His beloved sleep.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath, His days like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:48

What man would live and not see death? Who rescues his life from the power of the grave? Selah.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 23:5

Do you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle to the heavens.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever, Nor a diadem to all generations.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. And see, all was futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Therefore remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for youth and dawn of life are futility.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind!

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Futility! Futility!” said the Qoheleth, “All is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His eyes. But to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, to give to him who is good before Elohim. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasures of sovereigns and of the provinces. I provided male and female singers for myself, and the pleasures of men – a woman and women.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish through evil use. And he brings forth a son, and there is naught in his hand.

Isaiah 55:2

“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in fatness.

Luke 12:26

“If then you are unable to do the least, why do you worry about the rest?

Luke 12:29

“And do not seek what you shall eat or what you shall drink, and do not keep worrying.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the scene of this world is passing away.

James 4:14

when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears –

James 5:3

Your gold and silver have become rusty, and their rust shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

because “All flesh is as grass, and all the esteem of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worry upon Him, for He is concerned about you.