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


In Context

1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

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

3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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

5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Psalms 144:4 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation 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.