Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish.

New American Standard Bible

His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.

King James Version

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Holman Bible

When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.

International Standard Version

When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!

A Conservative Version

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

American Standard Version

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

Amplified


When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

Bible in Basic English

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

Darby Translation

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.

Julia Smith Translation

His spirit shall go forth, he shall turn back to his earth; in that day his thoughts perished.

King James 2000

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Modern King James verseion

His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and so all his thoughts perish.

NET Bible

Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

New Heart English Bible

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

The Emphasized Bible

His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Webster

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

World English Bible

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Youngs Literal Translation

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

to his earth
אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

עשׁתּנה 
`eshtonah 
Usage: 1

References

Morish

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Help

3 Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance. 4 His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish. 5 Blessed [is the one] whose help [is] the God of Jacob, whose hope [is] on Yahweh [as] his God,


Cross References

Psalm 104:29

You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

Genesis 2:7

when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Genesis 6:17

And I, behold, I [am] about to bring the flood waters over the earth to destroy all flesh in which [is] the breath of life from under the heaven; everything that [is] on the earth shall perish.

Job 14:21

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Job 17:1

"My spirit is pulled down; my days are extinguished; [the] graveyard [is] for me.

Job 17:11

"My days are past; my plans are broken down-- [even] the desires of my heart.

Psalm 33:10

Yahweh brings to nothing [the] plan of nations; he frustrates [the] intents of peoples.

Psalm 90:3

You return man to [the] dust, {saying}, "Return, O sons of man."

Isaiah 2:22

Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed one of Yahweh, was captured in their pits; of whom we said, "In his shadow we will live among the nations."

Daniel 5:23

And [now] you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that [do] not see and [do] not hear and [do] not know, but the God {who holds your life in his hand} and all of your ways {come from him}, you have not honored.

Job 14:10

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

Job 27:3

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

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