Psalms 39:11
When you discipline people for sin, you consume the things they desire like a moth; surely all people are nothing but vapor. SelahThis verse in the real world
In what words
- מָסָהmâçâhto dissolve
- עָשׁʻâsha moth
- חָמַדchâmadto delight in
- תּוֹכֵחָהtôwkêchâhchastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
- יָסַרyâçarto chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- עָוֺןʻâvônperversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Job 13:28, Isa 50:9, Heb 12:6, Rev 3:19, 1Co 11:30–32, 1Co 5:5, Psa 102:10–11, Job 4:19