Psalm 146:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ His spirit goes out, he returns to his earth; In that day his plans 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 יהוה  Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being.

Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you return.”

Genesis 6:17

“And see, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under the heavens – all that is on the earth is to die.

Job 14:10

But man dies and is powerless, and man expires, and where is he?

Job 14:21

His sons come to esteem, and he does not know it. And they are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

Job 17:1

“My spirit has been broken, my days have been extinguished, graves are for me.

Job 17:11

My days have passed by, my plans have been broken off – the desires of my heart.

Job 27:3

as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of Eloah in my nostrils,

Psalm 104:29

You hide Your face, they are alarmed; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust;

Psalm 33:10

יהוה  brings the counsel of the nations to naught; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 90:3

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

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to Elohim who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy have now perished; and they no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 2:22

Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for in what is he to be reckoned upon?

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of יהוה, Was caught in their pits, In whose shadow we had thought To live among the gentiles.

Daniel 5:23

“And you have lifted yourself up against the Master of the heavens. And they brought before you the vessels of His house, and you and your great men, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them. And you have praised the elahin of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which neither see nor hear nor know. But the Elah who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not made great.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we speak wisdom among those who are perfect, and not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that are being brought to naught.