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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor.Selah

World English Bible (WEB)

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Con castigos sobre el pecado corriges al hombre, y haces consumirse como de polilla su grandeza: ciertamente vanidad es todo hombre. (Selah.)

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Cuando lo castigas por sus pecados, el ser humano queda destruido, pues es tan frágil como trapo roído de polilla; sí, la existencia humana es como un soplo.

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