Psalms 39:11

In 11 translations

BSB

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

KJV

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.his…: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away

WEB

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

ASV

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

LSV

With reproofs against iniquity, || You have corrected man, || And dissolve his desirableness as a moth, || Only, every man [is] vanity. Selah.

YLT

With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. Selah.

DBY

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

DRC38:12

Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.

GNV

When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

JPS39:12

With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah

LXXE38:12

Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web: nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC39:12

בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת עַל־עָוֺ֨ן ׀ יִסַּ֬רְתָּ אִ֗ישׁ וַתֶּ֣מֶס כָּעָ֣שׁ חֲמוּד֑וֹ אַ֤ךְ הֶ֖בֶל כָּל־אָדָ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.39.11

LXX-Br38:12

Ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ ἀνομίας ἐπαίδευσας ἄνθρωπον· καὶ ἐξέτηξας ὡς ἀράχνην τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, πλὴν μάτην ταράσσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος· διάψαλμα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
• Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
• Isaiah 50:9Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30–32That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined…
• Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Psalms 102:10–11because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside. My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
• 1 Corinthians 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
• Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
• Psalms 38:1–8O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no…
• Hosea 5:12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
• 2 Peter 2:16But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
• Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
• Psalms 90:7–10For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a…

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