KJV: 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.
YLT: Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.
Darby: Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
ASV: 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.
| אַ֤ךְ ׀ | Surely |
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Parse: Adverb Root: אַךְ Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic). |
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| הֶ֥בֶל | [are] a vapor |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: הֶבֶל Sense: vapour, breath. |
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| בְּנֵֽי־ | men |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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| אָדָם֮ | men of [low degree] |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind. |
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| כָּזָ֪ב | [are] a lie |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כָּזָב Sense: a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing. |
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| בְּנֵ֫י | of low |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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| אִ֥ישׁ | Men of [high degree] |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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| בְּמֹאזְנַ֥יִם | on the scales |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, md Root: מֹאזְנַיִם Sense: scales, balances. |
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| לַעֲל֑וֹת | if they are weighed |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb. |
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| הֵ֝֗מָּה | they [are lighter] |
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Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who. |
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| מֵהֶ֥בֶל | than vapor |
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Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: הֶבֶל Sense: vapour, breath. |
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| יָֽחַד | altogether |
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Parse: Adverb Root: יַחַד Sense: union, unitedness adv. |
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