Psalms 78:39

In 11 translations

BSB

He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

KJV

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

WEB

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

ASV

And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

LSV

And He remembers that they [are] flesh, || A wind going on—and it does not return.

YLT

And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.

DBY

And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

DRC77:39

And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and returneth not.

GNV

For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.

JPS

So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

LXXE77:39

And he remembered that they are flesh; a wind that passes away, and returns not.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר כִּי־בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְלֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב׃

LXX-Br77:39

Καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὅτι σάρξ εἰσι, πνεῦμα πορευόμενον καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστρέφον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 6:3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
• James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
• Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
• Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
• Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
• Psalms 103:14–16For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
• John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

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