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A Conservative Version
And he remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Holman Bible
a wind that passes and does not return.
International Standard Version
For he remembered that they were only flesh, a passing wind that doesn't return.
American Standard Version
And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Amplified
For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh,
A wind that goes and does not return.
Bible in Basic English
So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.
Darby Translation
And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will remember that they are flesh; a spirit going and not turning back.
King James 2000
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for he remembered that they [were] flesh, a passing wind that does not return.
Modern King James verseion
For He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away and does not come again.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he considered that they were but flesh; even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
NET Bible
He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.
New Heart English Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
The Emphasized Bible
So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.
Webster
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
World English Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and destroyed not. Yea, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 And he remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and comes not again. 40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Cross References
Genesis 6:3
And LORD said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he also is flesh. Yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
Job 7:7
O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
James 4:14
men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--
Job 7:16
I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.
Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
Psalm 103:14-16
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
John 3:6
That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.