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Psalms 89:47

Psalms chapter 89 · verse 47 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

Context

v.46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How longshall thy wrath burn like fire?

v.47This passage

v.48What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 4:14

    whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • Job 9:25

    Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.

  • Psalms 119:84

    How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

  • Psalms 144:4

    Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • Job 10:9

    Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

  • Job 7:7

    Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.