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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
זכר-אני מה-חלד על-מה-שוא בראת כל-בני-אדם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
zkr-Any mh-KHld `l-mh-SHvA brAt kl-bny-Adm

Intermediate language

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
New King James Version   
Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?
21st Century King James Version   
Remember how short my time is; why hast Thou made all men in vain?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Remember me from the pit, because it is not for nothing that you have created all the children of men!
Darby Bible Translation   
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
God's Word   
Remember how short my life is! Have you created Adam's descendants for no reason?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?
International Standard Version   
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
NET Bible   
Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
New American Standard Bible   
Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!
New International Version   
Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
New Living Translation   
Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
Webster's Bible Translation   
Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
The World English Bible   
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
EasyEnglish Bible   
Remember that my life is very short! People are weak and their lives seem useless. Why do you make people like that?
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
New Life Version   
Remember how fast my life is passing. You have made all men for nothing.
The Voice Bible   
Remember my days are numbered. Have You created the children of Adam to live futile lives?
Living Bible   
Oh, remember how short you have made man’s lifespan. Is it an empty, futile life you give the sons of men?
New Catholic Bible   
How long, O Lord? Will you remain hidden forever? How long will your wrath blaze like a fire?
Legacy Standard Bible   
Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Remember how short my time is; why hast thou made all men subject to vanity?
Christian Standard Bible   
Remember how short my life is. Have you created everyone for nothing?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
O [earnestly] remember how short my time is and what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, and frailty You have created all men!
New Century Version   
Remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?
The Message   
But God, you did walk off and leave us, you lost your temper with the one you anointed. You tore up the promise you made to your servant, you stomped his crown in the mud. You blasted his home to kingdom come, reduced his city to a pile of rubble Picked clean by wayfaring strangers, a joke to all the neighbors. You declared a holiday for all his enemies, and they’re celebrating for all they’re worth. Angry, you opposed him in battle, refused to fight on his side; You robbed him of his splendor, humiliated this warrior, ground his kingly honor in the dirt. You took the best years of his life and left him an impotent, ruined husk. How long do we put up with this, God? Are you gone for good? Will you hold this grudge forever? Remember my sorrow and how short life is. Did you create men and women for nothing but this? We’ll see death soon enough. Everyone does. And there’s no back door out of hell. So where is the love you’re so famous for, Lord? What happened to your promise to David? Take a good look at your servant, dear Lord; I’m the butt of the jokes of all nations, The taunting jokes of your enemies, God, as they dog the steps of your dear anointed. Blessed be God forever and always! Yes. Oh, yes.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Remember me! What is my life! For you have created such futility for all the children of Adam!
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!
Good News Translation®   
Remember how short my life is; remember that you created all of us mortal!
Wycliffe Bible   
Bethink thou what is my substance; for whether thou hast ordained vainly all the sons of men? (Remember thou what my substance is/how short my time is; hast thou ordained all the sons of men in vain?)
Contemporary English Version   
Remember, life is short! Why did you empty our lives of all meaning?
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!
Common English Bible © 2011   
Remember how short my life is! Have you created humans for no good reason?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is; For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Must your wrath smolder like fire?
New American Standard Bible   
Remember what my lifespan is; For what futility You have created all the sons of mankind!
The Expanded Bible   
Remember how ·short [fleeting] my life is. Why did you create us? For ·nothing [futility; vanity; no purpose]?
Tree of Life Version   
How long, Adonai, will You hide Yourself? Forever? Will Your fury keep burning like fire?
Revised Standard Version   
Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
New International Reader's Version   
Remember how short my life is. You have created all people for such a useless purpose!
BRG Bible   
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Complete Jewish Bible   
How long, Adonai? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your fury burn like fire?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Remember how short my time is. For what vanity hast Thou created kol bnei adam?
Names of God Bible   
Remember how short my life is! Have you created Adam’s descendants for no reason?
Modern English Version   
Remember how short my time is! Why have You made all people in such emptiness?
Easy-to-Read Version   
Remember how short my life is. You created us to live a short life and then die.
International Children’s Bible   
Remember how short my life is. Why did you create us anyway?
Lexham English Bible   
Remember what my lifespan is. Remember for what vanity you have created all the children of humankind.
New International Version - UK   
Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!