Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."

New American Standard Bible

You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”

King James Version

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Holman Bible

You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

International Standard Version

You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"

A Conservative Version

Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.

American Standard Version

Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Amplified


You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”

Darby Translation

Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou wilt turn man even to crushing, and thou wilt say, Turn back, ye sons of man.

King James 2000

You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

You turn man to dust, and say, Return, sons of men.

NET Bible

You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"

New Heart English Bible

You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

The Emphasized Bible

Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said - Return, ye sons of Adam!

Webster

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

World English Bible

You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

American

Context Readings

Eternal God And Mortal Man

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, before the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting and world without end. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men." 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is passed as a watch in the night.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

Job 34:14-15

To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him?

Psalm 104:29

But when thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

Genesis 6:6-7

he repented that he had made man upon the earth and sorrowed in his heart.

Numbers 14:35

I, the LORD, have said that I will do it unto all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me: even in this wilderness ye shall be consumed, and here ye shall die."

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all men.

Psalm 146:4

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

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