Psalms 144:3 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 144:3 NIV (New International Version)
LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
Psalms 144:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
Psalms 144:3 NLT (New Living Translation)
O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?
Psalms 144:3 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?
Psalms 144:3 KJV (King James Version)
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Psalms 144:3 NKJV (New King James Version)
LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
Psalms 144:3-4 MSG (The Message)
I wonder why you care, GOD— why do you bother with us at all? All we are is a puff of air; we’re like shadows in a campfire.
Psalms 144:3 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
LORD, what is man, that You look after him? Or a son of man, that You think of him?
Psalms 144:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)
LORD, what is man that You take notice of him? Or the son of man that You think of him? [Job 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6]
Psalms 144:3 NET (New English Translation)
O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?