The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Psalm 146:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. Common English Bible Their breath leaves them, then they go back to the ground. On that very same day, their plans die too. Catholic Public Domain Version He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names. |
The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.*
I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it. They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them.
*My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.
My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
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.
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.