Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.
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 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.
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
38 And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury. 39 And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not. 40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
Cross References
Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah saith, 'My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they are flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
Job 7:7
Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
James 4:14
who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
Job 7:16
I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.
Job 10:9
Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.
Psalm 103:14-16
For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.
John 3:6
that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.