Psalms 144:4

NETBible	People¹ are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.²
NIV ©	Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
NASB ©	Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
NLT ©	For we are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow.
MSG ©	All we are is a puff of air; we're like shadows in a campfire.
BBE ©	Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
NRSV ©	They are like a breath; their days are like a passing shadow.
NKJV ©	Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.

KJV	Man <0120> is like <01819> (8804) to vanity <01892>_: his days <03117> [are] as a shadow <06738> that passeth away <05674> (8802)_.
NASB ©	Man <120> is like <1819> a mere <1892> breath <1892> ; His days <3117> are like a passing <5674> shadow <6738> .
LXXM	(143:4) anyrwpov <444> N-NSM mataiothti <3153> N-DSF wmoiwyh <3666> V-API-3S ai <3588> T-NPF hmerai <2250> N-NPF autou <846> P-GSM wsei <5616> ADV skia <4639> N-NSF paragousin {V-PAI-3P}
NET [draft] ITL	People <0120> are like <01819> a vapor <01892> , their days <03117> like a shadow <06738> that disappears <05674> .
HEBREW	rbwe <05674> luk <06738> wymy <03117> hmd <01819> lbhl <01892> Mda (144:4) <0120>

NETBible

People¹ are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”

²tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.