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Psalms 146:4

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

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ASV

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

KJV

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'it will go outH3318 →
ר֭וּחוֹru.chobreath hisH7307 →
יָשֻׁ֣בya.Shuvhe will returnH7725 →
לְאַדְמָת֑וֹle.'ad.ma.Toto earth hisH127 →
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
הַ֝ה֗וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
אָבְד֥וּ'a.ve.Duthey have perishedH6 →
עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃'esh.to.no.Tavplans hisH6250 →

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Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Job 14:21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”Genesis 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.Proverbs 11:7When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

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