Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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 Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. 4 His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished. 5 O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope is on Jehovah his God,


Cross References

Psalm 104:29

Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Genesis 2:7

And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

1 Corinthians 2:6

And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

Genesis 3:19

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Genesis 6:17

And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which is a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that is in the earth doth expire.

Job 14:21

Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.

Job 17:1

My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves are for me.

Job 17:11

My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

Psalm 33:10

Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

Psalm 90:3

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

Isaiah 2:22

Cease for you from man, Whose breath is in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among nations.'

Daniel 5:23

and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

Job 14:10

And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where is he?

Job 27:3

For all the while my breath is in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

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