Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
KJV
qui numerat multitudinem stellarum, et omnibus eis nomina vocat.
Vulgate
ὁ ἀριθμῶν πλήθη ἄστρων, καὶ πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα καλῶν.
LXX
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
ASV
תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּח/וֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְ/אַדְמָת֑/וֹ בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ֝/ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
pronoun · 1×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
verb · 183×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§150Faith is first of all a personal adherence of man to God. At the same time, and inseparably, it is a free assent to the whole truth that God has revealed. As personal adherence to God and assent to his truth, Christian faith differs from our faith in any human person. It is right and just to entrust oneself wholly to God and to believe absolutely what he says. It would be futil…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:6 — Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
- Dan 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
- Eccl 12:7 — Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Eccl 12:7 — Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Gen 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Job 14:10 — But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- Job 14:21 — His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
- Job 17:1 — My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
- Job 17:11 — My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
- Job 27:3 — All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
- Lam 4:20 — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
- Ps 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Ps 90:3 — Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Ps 90:3 — Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Ps 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Ps 104:29 — Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.