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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
אך הבל בני-אדם-- כזב בני-איש במאזנים לעלות המה מהבל יחד
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
Ak hbl bny-Adm-- kzb bny-AySH bmAznym l`lvt hmh mhbl yKHd

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
adhesit anima mea post te me suscepit dextera tua

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: if laid on the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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 King James Version   
Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.
21st Century King James Version   
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if weighed in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And all the false children of men are like a vapor who are placed in a balance, and together they are worthless.
Darby Bible Translation   
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
God's Word   
Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. Weighed in the scales, they go up; together they are less than a vapor.
International Standard Version   
Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
NET Bible   
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
New American Standard Bible   
Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath.
New International Version   
Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
New Living Translation   
Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The World English Bible   
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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
People are only as light as a breath! Whoever they are, they are not important. If you try to weigh them, all together, they weigh less than a breath of air.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Only -- vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.
New Life Version   
Men who are not important come to nothing. Men who are important are a lie. When weighed they go up. Together they weigh less than a breath.
The Voice Bible   
Human beings disappear like a breath; even people of rank live artificial lives. Their weight is that of a breath in a balance—nothing. Added together, they’re still lighter than air.
Living Bible   
The greatest of men or the lowest—both alike are nothing in his sight. They weigh less than air on scales.
New Catholic Bible   
Trust in him at all times, my people, and pour out your heart before him, for God is our refuge. Selah
Legacy Standard Bible   
Surely men of low degree are merely vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Christian Standard Bible   
Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) and men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie and a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
New Century Version   
The least of people are only a breath, and even the greatest are just a lie. On the scales, they weigh nothing; together they are only a breath.
The Message   
Man as such is smoke, woman as such, a mirage. Put them together, they’re nothing; two times nothing is nothing.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Yes, the sons of Adam are only a breath. The sons of man are a delusion. On a scale they weigh nothing. They are nothing but air.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Good News Translation®   
Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless. Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.
Wycliffe Bible   
Nevertheless the sons of men be (all in) vain; the sons of men be liars in balances, that they deceive of vanity into the same thing. (Nevertheless the lives of the sons and daughters of men be but a puff of air; yea, the sons and daughters of men all be liars, and if you put them on a balance, their lives shall be lighter than a breath, or a puff of air.)
Contemporary English Version   
We humans are only a breath; none of us are truly great. All of us together weigh less than a puff of air.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Human beings are nothing but a breath. Human beings are nothing but lies. They don’t even register on a scale; taken all together they are lighter than a breath!
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion). In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value]; They are together lighter than a breath.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Trust God at all times, my people! Pour out your hearts to God our refuge! Selah
New American Standard Bible   
People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.
The Expanded Bible   
The least of people are only a ·breath [vapor; bubble; vanity], and even the greatest are just a ·lie [delusion]. On the scales, they ·weigh nothing [L go up]; together they are only a ·breath [vapor; bubble; vanity].
Tree of Life Version   
Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah
Revised Standard Version   
Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
New International Reader's Version   
Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Trust in him, people, at all times; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. (Selah)
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Truly Bnei Adam (those of low estate) are hevel (vanity), and Bnei Ish (those who are highborn) are kazav (a lie); they go up in the balances; they are altogether lighter than hevel (vanity).
Names of God Bible   
Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.
Modern English Version   
Surely people of low degree are a breath, and men of high degree are a lie; if they are placed in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vapor.
Easy-to-Read Version   
People cannot really help. You cannot depend on them. Compared to God, they are nothing— no more than a gentle puff of air!
International Children’s Bible   
People are only a breath. Even the greatest men are just a lie. On the scales, they weigh nothing. Together they are only a breath.
Lexham English Bible   
Only a vapor are men of low degree, a deception are men of high degree. Weighed in a balance, together they are lighter than a vapor.
New International Version - UK   
Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.