Verse Comparison: Psalms 62:9
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.
Amplified® Bible
Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) {and} men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie {and} a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Darby English Version
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.
King James Version
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.
Revised Standard Version
Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Young's Literal Translation
Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.