Psalms 78:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:3 : 3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.
  • Job 7:7 : 7 O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
  • Job 7:16 : 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.
  • Job 10:9 : 9 O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
  • Ps 103:14-16 : 14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field. 16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
  • John 3:6 : 6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

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  • Ps 78:37-38
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    78%

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

    38 But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

  • Ps 78:40
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    40 How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

  • Ps 103:14-16
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    76%

    14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.

    15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

    16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.

  • Job 34:14-15
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    72%

    14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

    15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • Ps 104:29
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    29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

  • Ps 78:27-30
    4 verses
    72%

    27 He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

    28 And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

    29 So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;

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

  • Ps 78:11
    72%

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

  • Ps 78:42
    72%

    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;

  • Ps 106:44-45
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    44 But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

    45 And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

  • Ps 78:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

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

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

    35 In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

  • Isa 40:7
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    7 The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

  • Isa 63:11
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    11 Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,

  • Ps 106:13
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    13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

  • Ps 89:47
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    47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

  • Ps 144:4
    69%

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

  • Ps 146:4
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    4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

  • Job 21:18
    69%

    18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • Hos 13:6
    69%

    6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

  • Neh 9:17
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    17 And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

  • Ps 78:8
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    8 And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

  • Ps 49:12
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    12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
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    24 For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

  • Ps 78:18
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    18 Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

  • Ps 78:20
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    20 See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

  • Ps 90:3
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    3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

  • Hab 1:11
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    11 Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

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

  • Ps 79:8
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    8 Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

  • Heb 3:17
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    17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

  • Ps 90:9
    67%

    9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

  • Job 4:9
    67%

    9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

  • Ps 78:50
    67%

    50 He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

  • Neh 9:20
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    20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

  • Ps 107:39
    67%

    39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

  • Job 14:2
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    2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

  • Gen 6:3
    67%

    3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

  • Job 6:17
    67%

    17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

  • Num 32:15
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    15 For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.

  • Ezek 37:8
    67%

    8 And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.