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Psalms 146:4
4When they die, they return to the ground. On that day, their plans come to an end.
Psalms 146:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
- New International Version (NIV)When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.
Context of Psalms 146:4
2I will praise the Lord through all my life. While I am alive, I will always sing to praise my God. 3Do not trust in human leaders. No human can save you. When they die, they return to the ground. On that day, their plans come to an end. 5The person who knows that the God of Jacob will help him is a happy person! If he trusts in the Lord as his God, he is happy. 6The Lord made the skies, the earth and the sea. He also made everything that is in them. He always does what he has promised to do.
Read all of Psalms 146Psalms 146:4 word by word
תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 146:4
- Psalms 104:29When you turn away from them, they become very afraid. When you take away their breath, they die and they return to the dust.
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and he made a man. He breathed air into the nose of the man to give him life. So the man became alive.
- Genesis 6:17I will cover the earth with deep water. I will destroy all living things, wherever they live. Everything that breathes will die.
- Job 14:10But when people lose their strength and they die, that is the end. After they die, where do they go?
- Job 17:1I am very weak and I will soon die. Then my friends will bury me in my grave.
- Job 27:3As long as God's Spirit gives me life,
- Daniel 5:23You thought that you were greater than the Lord of heaven. So you told your servants to bring the valuable cups that belong to God's temple. You yourself, your wives, your other women and your important friends drank wine from those cups. You praised your gods that were made from silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood and stone. Those are idols that cannot see or hear. They cannot understand anything. But you worshipped them instead of the true God. He is the God who gives life to you. He has power over everything that you do.
- Psalms 90:3People return to dust in the ground when they die. You say, ‘Become dust again, you people.’
- Genesis 3:19You will have to work hard for a long time before you have any food to eat. You will do this for your whole life until you die. Then you will return into the ground. That is where you came from. I made you from the soil of the ground, and you will become soil again.’
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Our bodies go back into the ground as dust. The breath of our life goes back to God, who gave it to us.
- Job 14:21If his sons become famous, he does not know about it. If they become ashamed, he does not know that either.
- Job 17:11I will not live for many more days. I will never do the things that I wanted to do.
- Isaiah 2:22Do not trust people to help you. They are weak and they will all die one day. They are not strong enough to help you.
- Lamentations 4:20The Lord had chosen a man to be our king. We thought that he would save us. ‘Under his shadow we will live among the other countries,’ we had always said. But the enemy caught him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:6But we do speak about wise thoughts to those of you who know Christ very well. But those wise thoughts do not belong to this world. They are not the ideas that the rulers of this world think are important. Those rulers will not be powerful for long.
Commentaries on Psalms 146:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4His breath goeth forth - He dies like other people, no matter how exalted he is. See the notes at Isaiah 2:22. He returneth to his earth - See the notes at Psalm 90:3. The earth - the dust - is “his” - (a) It is his, as that from which he was made: he turns back to what he was. Genesis 3:19: “dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” (b) The earth - the dust - the grave is his, as it is his home - the place where he will abide. (c) It is his, as it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The call to praise (Psalm 146:1–2) leads to a warning against foolishness and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm ends with a blessing for everyone who places their hope in the Lord (Psalm 146:5–7).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4his thoughts Heb. עשתונותיו his thoughts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 146
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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