In fact, you have made my days just inches long,
and my life span is as nothing to you.
Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.(A)Selah
Yes, a person goes about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.(B)

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Common people are only a vapor;
important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than[a] a vapor.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 62:9 Lit they go up more than

A human is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.(A)

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“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”(A)

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20 For the creation was subjected(A) to futility(B)—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it(C)—in the hope

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