Psalms 39:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah”
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“You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. [Selah”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity <FI>is<Fi> every man. Selah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 39:11 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
- Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Psalms 38:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Psalms 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
- Isaiah 50:9Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
- Hosea 5:12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- 2 Peter 2:16But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
- Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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