Psalms 78:39
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
KJV
And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
ASV
וַ֭/יִּזְכֹּר כִּי בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְ/לֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב
Hebrew
And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on--and it returneth not.
YLT
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Gen 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Jas 4:14 — Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
- Job 7:7 — O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
- Job 7:7 — O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
- Job 7:16 — I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
- Job 10:9 — Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- Ps 90:10 — The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
- Ps 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.