Psalm 62:9

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity."

Word-by-Word Analysis

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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of

שָׁפָל

shâphâl

H8217

depressed, literally or figuratively

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מַעֲלָה

maʻălâh

H4609

elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or...

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are

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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and

אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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of

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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מַעֲלָה

maʻălâh

H4609

elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or...

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are a

שָׁכַב

shâkab

H7901

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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to be

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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in the

מֹאזֵן

môʼzên

H3976

(only in the dual) a pair of scales

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they are

חָרַשׁ

chârash

H2790

to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad ...

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אוֹר

ʼôwr

H215

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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than

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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Key Terms in This Verse

lighter H215

אוֹר ʼôwr

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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degree H4609

מַעֲלָה maʻălâh

elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station...

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degree H4609

מַעֲלָה maʻălâh

elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station...

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balance H3976

מֹאזֵן môʼzên

(only in the dual) a pair of scales

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altogether H2790

חָרַשׁ chârash

to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be sil...

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low H8217

שָׁפָל shâphâl

depressed, literally or figuratively

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vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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lie H7901

שָׁכַב shâkab

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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laid H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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Cross References

Psalm 39:5 cross-reference

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Isaiah 40:15 cross-reference

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

Isaiah 40:17 cross-reference

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Psalm 118:9 cross-reference

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 39:11 cross-reference

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.

Romans 3:4 cross-reference

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

2 Samuel 15:31 cross-reference

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

1 Samuel 18:5 cross-reference

And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s se...

Psalm 116:11 cross-reference

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

2 Samuel 15:6 cross-reference

And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

1 Samuel 23:12 cross-reference

Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.

1 Samuel 18:7 cross-reference

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

John 19:15 cross-reference

But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Daniel 5:27 cross-reference

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Matthew 21:9 cross-reference

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

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