Psalms 39:11

11 When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.

Psalms 39:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 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.
ESV
11 When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
NLT
11 When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
MSG
11 to purge us from our sin, our dearest idols go up in smoke. Are we also nothing but smoke?
CSB
11 You discipline a man with punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; every man is a mere vapor. Selah

Psalms 39:11 In-Context

9 I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.
10 Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11 When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.
12 “Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”

Cross References 5

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 28:20; Isaiah 66:15; Ezekiel 5:15; 2 Peter 2:16
  • 2. Psalms 94:10; Isaiah 26:16
  • 3. Psalms 90:7
  • 4. S Job 13:28; S Isaiah 51:8; Luke 12:33; S James 5:2
  • 5. S Job 7:7
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