Psalm 78:39 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

ASV:

And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

BBE:

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

DBY:

And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

ERV:

And he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

JPS:

So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

WBS:

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

WEB:

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.

YLT:

And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

Psalm 78:39 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 6:3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

Job 7:7 "Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good.

Job 7:16 "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 10:9 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?

Psalm 103:14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.

James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

78:9-39. Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not trust his providence in the way to it. To all that by faith and prayer, ask, seek, and knock, these doors of heaven shall at any time be opened; and our distrust of God is a great aggravation of our sins. He expressed his resentment of their provocation; not in denying what they sinfully lusted after, but in granting it to them. Lust is contented with nothing. Those that indulge their lust, will never be estranged from it. Those hearts are hard indeed, that will neither be melted by the mercies of the Lord, nor broken by his judgments. Those that sin still, must expect to be in trouble still. And the reason why we live with so little comfort, and to so little purpose, is, because we do not live by faith. Under these rebukes they professed repentance, but they were not sincere, for they were not constant. In Israel's history we have a picture of our own hearts and lives. God's patience, and warnings, and mercies, imbolden them to harden their hearts against his word. And the history of kingdoms is much the same. Judgments and mercies have been little attended to, until the measure of their sins has been full. And higher advantages have not kept churches from declining from the commandments of God. Even true believers recollect, that for many a year they abused the kindness of Providence. When they come to heaven, how will they admire the Lord's patience and mercy in bringing them to his kingdom!

CONC:

Breath Breeze Doesn't Flesh Kept Mind Passes Passeth Passing Quickly Remembered Remembereth Return Returneth Thus Wind

Breath Breeze Flesh Kept Mind Passes Passeth Passing Quickly Remembered Remembereth Returneth Wind

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