Psalms 144:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
  • Heb 2:6 : 6 But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?
  • Job 7:17 : 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
  • Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

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  • Job 7:17-18
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    17What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

    18And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

  • Ps 8:4-5
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    4What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

    5For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

  • 4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • 6But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

  • Ps 39:4-5
    2 verses
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    4Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

    5You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Ps 89:47-49
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    47See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

    48What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

    49Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

  • Job 15:13-14
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    13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

    14What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

  • 6How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

  • 3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 22Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • 3Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

  • Job 10:4-6
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    75%

    4Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

    5Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

    6That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

  • Ps 103:14-15
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    14For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.

    15As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

  • 3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

  • 17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 11And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

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    2O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

  • 6Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

  • 3O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

  • 3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • 20If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

  • 1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

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    19And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

    20What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

  • 4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • 8They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

  • 2Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • 6Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

  • 14He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.

  • 9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • 24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • 18What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

  • 13Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • 27Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?

  • 13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • 2For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

  • 6If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

  • 13Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

  • 9Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.