Psalms 78:39

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:3 : 3 So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”
  • Job 7:7 : 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
  • Job 7:16 : 16 I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
  • Job 10:9 : 9 Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?
  • Ps 103:14-16 : 14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. 15 A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
  • John 3:6 : 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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  • Ps 78:37-38
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    78%

    37They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

    38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

  • Ps 78:40
    77%

    40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands!

  • Ps 103:14-16
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    14For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

    15A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

    16but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

  • Job 34:14-15
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    72%

    14If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,

    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

  • Ps 104:29
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    29When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.

  • Ps 78:27-30
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    27He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.

    28He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.

    29They ate until they were beyond full; he gave them what they desired.

    30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

  • Ps 78:11
    72%

    11They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

  • Ps 78:42
    72%

    42They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

  • Ps 106:44-45
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    72%

    44Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

    45He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

  • Ps 78:33-35
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    71%

    33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

    34When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

    35They remembered that God was their protector, and that God Most High was their deliverer.

  • Isa 40:7
    70%

    7The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the LORD blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

  • Isa 63:11
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    11His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,

  • Ps 106:13
    70%

    13They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.

  • Ps 89:47
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    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

  • Ps 144:4
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    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

  • Job 21:18
    69%

    18How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

  • Hos 13:6
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    6When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

  • Neh 9:17
    68%

    17They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

  • Ps 78:8
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    8Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

  • Ps 49:12
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    12but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

  • 1 Pet 1:24
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    24For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

  • Ps 78:18
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    18They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

  • Ps 78:20
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    20Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

  • Ps 90:3
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    3You make mankind return to the dust, and say,“Return, O people!”

  • Hab 1:11
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    11They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”

  • Job 34:27
    68%

    27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

  • Ps 79:8
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    8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

  • Heb 3:17
    68%

    17And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Ps 90:9
    67%

    9Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

  • Job 4:9
    67%

    9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

  • Ps 78:50
    67%

    50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

  • Neh 9:20
    67%

    20You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.

  • Ps 107:39
    67%

    39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

  • Job 14:2
    67%

    2He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

  • Gen 6:3
    67%

    3So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

  • Job 6:17
    67%

    17When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

  • Num 32:15
    67%

    15For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”

  • Ezek 37:8
    67%

    8As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them.