Psalm 39:6
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Note a vain…: Heb. an image
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a vain shew
- Heb. an image. There is but the semblance of being: he appeareth for a little, and then vanisheth.
- 1 Corinthians 7:31; James 4:14
- surely
- Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 2:17, 18, 20, 21; Ecclesiastes 4:7, 8; Ecclesiastes 6:11, 12; Ecclesiastes 12:8, 13; Isaiah 55:2; Luke 10:40–42; Luke 12:20, 21, 29; 1 Peter 5:7
- he heapeth
- Psalm 49:10, 11; Job 27:16, 17; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 23:5; Proverbs 27:24; Ecclesiastes 2:8, 18–21, 26; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Luke 12:20, 21; James 5:3