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Psalms 146:4
4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
Context of Psalms 146:4
2I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
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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 hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 6:17I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
- Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
- Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
- Job 27:3as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
- Daniel 5:23Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.
- Psalms 90:3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
- Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Job 14:21If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
- Job 17:11My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart
- Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
- Lamentations 4:20The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.
- 1 Corinthians 2:6We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
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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