Psalms 78:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 6:3 : 3 And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
Job 7:7 : 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.
Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Job 7:16 : 16 I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Ps 103:14-16 : 14 For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 78:37-38
2 verses
78%
37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
Ps 78:40
77%
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
Ps 103:14-16
3 verses
76%
14For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Job 34:14-15
2 verses
72%
14If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
Ps 104:29
72%
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
Ps 78:27-30
4 verses
72%
27He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
Ps 78:11
72%
11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
Ps 78:42
72%
42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Ps 106:44-45
2 verses
72%
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Ps 78:33-35
3 verses
71%
33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
34When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
Isa 40:7
70%
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
Isa 63:11
70%
11Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
Ps 106:13
70%
13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Ps 89:47
69%
47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Ps 144:4
69%
4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Ps 146:4
69%
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Job 21:18
69%
18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Hos 13:6
69%
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Neh 9:17
68%
17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.
Ps 78:8
68%
8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Ps 49:12
68%
12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Isa 2:22
68%
22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
1 Pet 1:24
68%
24For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
Ps 78:18
68%
18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Ps 78:20
68%
20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
Ps 90:3
68%
3Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Hab 1:11
68%
11Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.
Job 34:27
68%
27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Ps 79:8
68%
8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
Heb 3:17
68%
17And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Ps 90:9
67%
9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
Job 4:9
67%
9By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Ps 78:50
67%
50He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
Neh 9:20
67%
20Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Ps 107:39
67%
39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
Job 14:2
67%
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Gen 6:3
67%
3And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
Job 6:17
67%
17What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Num 32:15
67%
15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.
Ezek 37:8
67%
8And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.