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Psalms 39:6

WEB

6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

KJV

6Surely every man[+] walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

BSB

6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

FBV

6Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.

Extra References

Luke 12:20-21

20“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’ 21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

James 4:14

14Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

13This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

1 Corinthians 7:31

31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 4:7-8

7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. 8There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Psalms 127:2

2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.