Psalm 146:4 - Revised Version 1885

⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, and purposes perish. [I Cor. 2:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

Common English Bible

⁴ Their breath leaves them, then they go back to the ground. On that very same day, their plans die too.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.

Psalm 146:4 Cross References

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 6:17

And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Job 14:10

But man dieth, and wasteth away: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Job 14:21

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Job 17:1

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.

Job 17:11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the droughts of my heart.

Job 27:3

(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)

Psalm 104:29

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath they die, And return to their dust.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

Psalm 90:3

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

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

Daniel 5:23

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

1 Corinthians 2:6

Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, which are coming to nought: