Psalms 78:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

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  • Num 14:29 : 29 Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,
  • Num 14:35 : 35 I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.
  • Num 26:64-65 : 64 But among all these was not one of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the waste land of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.
  • Deut 2:14-16 : 14 Thirty-eight years had gone by from the time when we came away from Kadesh-barnea till we went over the stream Zered; by that time all the generation of the men of war among us were dead, as the Lord had said. 15 For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead. 16 So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,
  • Job 5:6-7 : 6 For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth; 7 But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.
  • Job 14:1 : 1 As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath. 8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face. 9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
  • Eccl 1:13-14 : 13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do. 14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
  • Eccl 12:13-14 : 13 This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man. 14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
  • Gen 3:16-19 : 16 To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master. 17 And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life. 18 Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food; 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

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    32 For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.

  • Ps 78:34
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    34 When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

  • Ps 90:9-10
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    9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

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  • Jer 51:18
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    18 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

  • Job 21:13
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    13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

  • Job 6:17-18
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    17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

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  • Jer 10:15
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    15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

  • Ps 73:18-19
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    18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

    19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • Job 4:20
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    20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

  • Ps 78:39-40
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    39 So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

    40 How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

  • Ps 39:5-6
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    5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

    6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Job 34:27
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    27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

  • Ps 83:17
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    17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

  • Ps 102:23
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    23 He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.

  • Prov 1:31
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    31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

  • Ps 31:10
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    10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • Ps 28:5
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    5 Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

  • Ps 107:11-12
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    11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

    12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

  • Ps 78:11
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    11 They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

  • Job 36:14
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    14 They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

  • Ps 144:4
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    4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

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    30 But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

  • Job 30:2-3
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    2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

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    8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

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    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

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    29 Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

  • Job 7:16
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    16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • Ps 107:27
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    27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

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    37 And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17 This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

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    42 They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

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    10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

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    5 They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

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    29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

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    20 The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

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    13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

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    22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

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    11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.