Psalm 78:39 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁹ For He remembered that they were but flesh, A passing breath that does not return.

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

And יהוה  said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever in his going astray. He is flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

Job 10:9

Remember, please, that You have made me like clay. And would You turn me into dust again?

Job 7:16

I have wasted away, I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is a breath! My eye is never again to see good.

John 3:6

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

James 4:14

when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears –