Psalm 39:11
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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.You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
In other translations
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.You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Hebrew words
בְּתוֹכָחוֹתbetokhachotwith rebukesH8433עַל־'al-onH5921עָוֹן׀'avoniniquityH5771יִסַּרְתָּyisartayou have disciplinedH3256אִישׁ'isha personH376וַתֶּמֶסvatemesand you have meltedH4529כָּעָשׁka'ashlike <the> mothH6211חֲמוּדוֹchamudodesired [thing] hisH2530אַךְ'akh[is] onlyH389הֶבֶלhevelvanityH1892כָּל־kol-allH3605אָדָם'adamhumankindH120סֶלָה׃selahSelahH5542
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- Isaiah 50:9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30-3230 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Psalm 102:10-1110 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside. 11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
- Job 4:19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Psalm 38:1-81 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. 2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. 3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
- Hosea 5:12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
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