Psalms 62:9 — Compare All Translations

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

Only -- vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.

English EASY 2024

People are only as light as a breath! Whoever they are, they are not important. If you try to weigh them, all together, they weigh less than a breath of air.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

People cannot really help. You cannot depend on them. Compared to God, they are nothing— no more than a gentle puff of air!

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. On a balance scale, they go up; together they [weigh] less than a vapor.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

Surely men of low degree are merely vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Surely men of low degree are but a vapor; men of high degree are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than vapor.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

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

Trust God at all times, my people! Pour out your hearts to God our refuge! Selah

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn't amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

English NIV

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.

English NKJ 1982

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.

English NLT

From the greatest to the lowliest--all are nothing in his sight. If you weigh them on the scales, they are lighter than a puff of air.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Before God all the people of the earth, high or low, are like smoke that disappears, like a vapor that quickly vanishes away. Compared to God they’re nothing but vanity, nothing at all!

English RSV (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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The greatest of men or the lowest—both alike are nothing in his sight. They weigh less than air on scales.

English Tyndale 1537

As for men they are but vain, men are deceitful: upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity it self.

Psalms 62:9 — Compare Translations