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Psalm 39

Psa. 39:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Surely every man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
walketh
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
in τa vain show
tselem (Hebrew #6754)
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
KJV usage: image, vain shew.
Pronounce: tseh'-lem
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shade
: surely they are disquieted
hamah (Hebrew #1993)
to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
KJV usage: clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: haw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949)
in vain
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
: hex heapeth up
tsabar (Hebrew #6651)
to aggregate
KJV usage: gather (together), heap (up), lay up.
Pronounce: tsaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
riches, and knoweth
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
not who shall gather
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
them.
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an image.
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Eccl. 2:18• 18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. (Eccl. 2:18)
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Luke 12:20‑21• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:20‑21)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a vain shew.
Heb. an image.There is but the semblance of being:
he appeareth for a little, and then vanisheth.
1 Cor. 7:31• 31and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes. (1 Cor. 7:31)
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James 4:14• 14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) (James 4:14)
surely.
Eccl. 1:14• 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 1:14)
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Eccl. 2:17‑18,20‑21• 17And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
 18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
 20Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
 21For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. (Eccl. 2:17‑18,20‑21)
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Eccl. 4:7‑8• 7And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
 8There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation. (Eccl. 4:7‑8)
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Eccl. 6:11‑12• 11For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
 12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun? (Eccl. 6:11‑12)
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Eccl. 12:8,13• 8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
 13Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. (Eccl. 12:8,13)
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Isa. 55:2• 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa. 55:2)
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Luke 10:40‑42• 40Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
 41But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;
 42but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her. (Luke 10:40‑42)
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Luke 12:20‑21,29• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
 29And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety; (Luke 12:20‑21,29)
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1 Peter 5:7• 7having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7)
he heapeth.
Psa. 49:10‑11• 10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
 11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names. (Psa. 49:10‑11)
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Job 27:16‑17• 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver. (Job 27:16‑17)
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Prov. 13:22• 22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man. (Prov. 13:22)
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Prov. 23:5• 5wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. (Prov. 23:5)
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Prov. 27:24• 24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation? (Prov. 27:24)
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Eccl. 2:8,18‑21,26• 8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
 18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
 19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
 20Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
 21For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
 26For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 2:8,18‑21,26)
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Eccl. 5:14• 14or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. (Eccl. 5:14)
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Luke 12:20‑21• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:20‑21)
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James 5:3• 3Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days. (James 5:3)
• Jehovah was correcting for iniquity. The believer in this world is a stranger, sojourning with God—for how long He alone can say. It does not depend on, nor is it to be vexed by, the bustling pretensions and arrogance of the wicked in their success. This would be to make ourselves of this world with a claim to something in it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Verily, man walketh in a vain showb; verily they are disquieted in vainc; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "in an image (shadow)."
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Or "for vanity," as vers. 5,11. Job. 7.16.