Psalm 78:39 - Revised Standard Version CI

³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ For he remembered that they were but flesh; A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Common English Bible

³⁹ God kept remembering that they were just flesh, just breath that passes and doesn’t come back.

Psalm 78:39 Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”

Job 10:9

Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?

Job 7:16

I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 7:7

“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.