Psalm 62:9 - Common English Bible

Human beings are nothing but a breath. Human beings are nothing but lies. They don’t even register on a scale; taken all together they are lighter than a breath!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

my soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

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