Psalms 39:11

You severely discipline people for their sins; ¹  like a moth you slowly devour their strength. ²  Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

biblegateway Psa 39:11

You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth—each man is but a breath. Selah

biblegateway Psa 39:11

"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

biblegateway Psa 39:11

When you discipline people for their sins, their lives can be crushed like the life of a moth. Human existence is as frail as breath. Interlude

biblegateway Psa 39:11

to purge us from our sin, our dearest idols go up in smoke. Are we also nothing but smoke?

SABDAweb Psa 39:11

By the weight of your wrath against man’s sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

bibleoremus Psa 39:11

"You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah

biblegateway Psa 39:11

When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah

biblegateway Psa 39:11

You severely discipline people for their sins; ¹  like a moth you slowly devour their strength. ²  Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

¹ tn “with punishments on account of sin you discipline a man.”

² tc Heb “you cause to dissolve, like a moth, his desired [thing].” The translation assumes an emendation of חֲמוּדוֹ (khamudo, “his desirable [thing]”) to חֶמְדוֹ (khemdo, “his loveliness” [or “beauty”]), a reading that is supported by a few medieval Hebrew mss.