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Praise the LORD, O My Soul

Psalms 146:4

In 11 translations

BSB
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
KJV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
WEB
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
ASV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
LSV
His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, || In that day his thoughts have perished.
YLT
His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
DBY
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
DRC145:4
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
GNV
His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.
JPS
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish.
LXXE145:4
His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃
LXX-Br145:4
Ἐξελεύσεται τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπολοῦνται πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
  • Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  • Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  • 1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
  • Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
  • Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver…
  • Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
  • Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
  • Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
  • Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
  • Job 14:21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
  • Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
  • Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
  • Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
  • Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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