Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
NIV
Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised!
AMP
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
KJV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
NIV
Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting.
AMP
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
KJV
He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
NIV
Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life.
AMP
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
KJV
"Show me, LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is."
NIV
Lord, make me to know my end and [to appreciate] the measure of my days--what it is; let me know and realize how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].
AMP
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
KJV
Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
NIV
O [earnestly] remember how short my time is and what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, and frailty You have created all men!
AMP
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
KJV
