KJV King James Version
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
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Psalm 78:39
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
WEB World English Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
ASV American Standard Version
And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on—and it returneth not.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
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Genesis 6:3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.James 4:14Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.Job 7:7O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.Job 7:16I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?Psalm 103:14-16For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.John 3:6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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