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Psalms 146:4

Death and lossWisdom

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

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BSB
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
KJV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
WEB
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
ASV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
DARBY
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
BLB
His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth; on that day his plans perish.
ÅB
Farer hans ånd ut, så vender han tilbake til sin jord; på den samme dag er det forbi med hans tankes råd.
OTB
Når hans ånd forlater ham, vender han tilbake til jorden;
På den samme dagen går hans planer til grunne.
B1930
Farer hans ånd ut, så vender han tilbake til sin jord; på den samme dag er det forbi med hans tankes råd.

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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  • Psalms 104:29

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:6

    Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

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  • Job 27:3

    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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  • 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:

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  • Psalms 33:10

    The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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