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.


In Context

2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.

4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

5 Behold, 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.

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

39:5You 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

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 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.