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Psalms 146:4
4His breath departs, he returns to his dust. In that very day his plans perish.
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 Adonai all my life. I will praise my God yet again. 3Do not put your trust in princes— in man, in whom there is no salvation. His breath departs, he returns to his dust. In that very day his plans perish. 5Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Adonai his God, 6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,
Read all of Psalms 146Psalms 146:4 word by word
תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 146:4
- Psalms 104:29But when You hide Your face— they are dismayed. You take away their breath— they perish, and return to their dust.
- Genesis 2:7Then Adonai Elohim formed the man out of the dust from the ground and He breathed into his nostrils a breath of life—so the man became a living being.
- Genesis 6:17Now I am about to bring the flood—water upon the land—to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the land will perish.
- Job 14:10But man dies and is powerless. Man expires—and where is he?
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken, my days have cut short, the graveyard awaits me.
- Job 27:3as long as my breath is still in me, the Ruach of God in my nostrils,
- Daniel 5:23Instead you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of His House brought before you, and you and your nobles, your consorts and your concubines have been drinking wine in them. You have praised the gods made of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. Yet you did not honor the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- Psalms 90:3You turn mankind back to dust, saying, “Return, children of Adam!”
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow will you eat food, until you return to the ground, since from it were you taken. For you are dust, and to dust will you return.”
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Job 14:21If his sons achieve honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not perceive it.
- Job 17:11My days have passed, my plans are torn apart. Yet the desires of my heart
- Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting in mankind —whose breath is in his nose— for what is he really worth?
- Lamentations 4:20The anointed of Adonai, the breath of our nostrils, was captured in their pits, of whom we have said, “Under His shadow we will live among the nations.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:6We do speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature—but not a 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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