5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah


In Context

2 But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.

3 My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

4 "Show me, O Lord , my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.

5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah

6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.

7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

Psalms 39:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and mine age is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.| Selah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:5Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:5Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.