4Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.


In Context

1 {A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

2 My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

4 Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

5 Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;

6 Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:

Psalm 144:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

144:4Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.