Verse Comparison: Psalms 62:9
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
We humans are only a breath; none of us are truly great. All of us together weigh less than a puff of air.
Darby English Version
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.
Good News Bible
Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless. Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath.
New International Version
Lowborn men are but a breath,
the highborn are but a lie;
if weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together they are only a breath.
New King James Version
Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Men of low degree prove vain and men of rank prove a lie; In the balances they go up; They prove together lighter than breath.
Revised Standard Version
Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Young's Literal Translation
Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.
