Strong's Lexicon Lowborn בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class men אָדָם֮ (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 120: 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley [are] but אַ֤ךְ ׀ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive) a vapor; הֶ֥בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: n m 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly the exalted בְּנֵ֫י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective) but a lie. כָּזָ֪ב (kā·zāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3577: 1) a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing Weighed on the scale, בְּמֹאזְנַ֥יִם (bə·mō·zə·na·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - md Strong's Hebrew 3976: 1) scales, balances they הֵ֝֗מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who are pushed up; לַעֲל֑וֹת (la·‘ă·lō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5927: 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself together יָֽחַד׃ (yā·ḥaḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3162: n m 1) union, unitedness adv 2) together, altogether, all together, alike they are but a breath. מֵהֶ֥בֶל (mê·he·ḇel) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: n m 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleLowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor. Young's Literal Translation Only—vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter. Holman Christian Standard Bible Men are only a vapor; exalted men , an illusion. Weighed in the scales, they go up; together they are less than a vapor. New American Standard Bible Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath. King James Bible 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. Parallel Verses New International Version Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. New Living Translation Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air. English Standard Version Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. New American Standard Bible Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. Weighed in the scales, they go up; together they are less than a vapor. International Standard Version Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing. NET Bible Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air. American Standard Version Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity. English Revised Version Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: in the balances they will go up; they are together lighter than vanity. Young's Literal Translation Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter. Cross References Job 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. Job 11:12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Psalm 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Psalm 39:5 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. Psalm 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. Psalm 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? Psalm 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Isaiah 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Isaiah 40:15 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 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 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