BibleHearthNew International Version (NIV)
9Surely 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.
Psalms 62:9
Psalms 62:9 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
9¶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.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
9¶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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
9Lowborn men are but a vapor;
the exalted are but a lie.
Weighed on the scale, they go up;
together they are but a vapor.
American Standard Version (ASV)
9Surely 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
9Surely 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.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
9Surely 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.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
9People 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.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
9Surely vanity the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up || They [are] lighter than a breath.