Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away and does not come 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.
A Conservative Version
And he remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
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 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, full of pity, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; yea, many times He turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath. 39 For He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away and does not come again. 40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!
Cross References
Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, in his erring; he is flesh. Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Job 7:7
Remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall no more see good.
James 4:14
who do not know of the morrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears.
Job 7:16
I despise them; I will not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity.
Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech You, that You have formed me as the clay; and will You bring me into the dust again?
Psalm 103:14-16
For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.