Psalms 39:11 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English 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

English Amplified

When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; yes, every human being is only a vapor. Selah

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

When people do wrong things, you warn them and you punish them. You destroy their valuable things, like a moth eats cloth! Yes, our lives are only a breath!

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You punish people for doing wrong to teach them the right way to live. As a moth destroys cloth, you destroy what people love. Yes, our lives are like a small cloud that quickly disappears. Selah

When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You punish our sins by your rebukes, and like a moth you destroy what we love. Indeed we are no more than a puff of wind!

English God's Word - GW 1995

With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. Selah

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You discipline a man with punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; every man is a mere vapor. Selah

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When with rebukes You correct man for sin, You consume like a moth what is precious to him; surely every man is mere vapor. Selah

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Take your plague away from me; I am ravaged by the touch of your hand.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You correct and punish people for their sin. Just as a moth eats cloth, you destroy their wealth. No one's life lasts any longer than a breath. Selah

English NIV

You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth- each man is but a breath. Selah

English NKJ 1982

When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor.

English NLT

When you discipline people for their sins, their lives can be crushed like the life of a moth. Human existence is as frail as breath.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

"You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

No one endures when you rebuke and discipline us for our sins. Like a cobweb is swept away with a wave of the hand, you sweep away all that we once called dear. How fleeting and frail our lives! We’re nothing more than a puff of air.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath!

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

When you punish a man for his sins, he is destroyed, for he is as fragile as a moth-infested cloth; yes, man is frail as breath.

English Tyndale 1537

When thou punishest man for sin, thou chastenest him: so that his beauty consumeth away, like as it were a moth. O how vain are all men. Selah.

Psalms 39:11 — Compare Translations