Verse Comparison: Psalms 39:5
American Standard Version
Behold, thou hast made my days `as' handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Amplified® Bible
Behold, You have made my days as [short as] handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Truly every man at his best is merely a breath! Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!
Contemporary English Version
You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. "Human life is but a breath,
Darby English Version
Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Good News Bible
How short you have made my life! In your sight my lifetime seems nothing. Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,
King James Version
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, You have made my days {as} handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
New International Version
You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath.
Selah
New King James Version
Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best resembles a mere breath. Selah.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! [Selah]
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up. Selah.
