Psalm 62:9
American King James Version (AKJV)
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy. The sons of men are liars in the scales, so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.
Darby Bible (DBY)
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: in the balances they will go up; they are together lighter than vanity.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
Ordinary people are mere breaths, while leaders are just fakes. Put them all together and weigh them on scales and they wouldn't weigh more than air!
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; If they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.
King James Version (KJV)
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Webster Bible (Webster)
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
World English Bible (WEB)
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Only — vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.