Verse 39

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han husket at de var kjøtt, en ånd som går bort og ikke vender tilbake.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For han husket at de var kjød, en vind som farer forbi og ikke vender tilbake.

• Norsk King James

  For han husket at de bare var kjød; en vind som forsvinner, og kommer aldri tilbake.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han husket at de var kjød, en vind som farer forbi og ikke vender tilbake.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For han husket at de var av kjøtt, en vind som blåser og ikke vender tilbake.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han husket at de var kjøtt: en vind som går bort, og ikke kommer tilbake.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han husket at de bare var mennesker, som en vind som kommer og går, og ikke kommer tilbake.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For han husket at de var kjøtt: en vind som går bort, og ikke kommer tilbake.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han husket at de var kjøtt – en vind som farer bort og ikke vender tilbake.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.78.39", "source": "וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר כִּי־בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְלֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב׃", "text": "*wə-yizkōr* that-*bāśār* *hēmmāh* *rûaḥ* *hōlēk* and-not *yāšûb*", "grammar": { "*wə-yizkōr*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he remembered", "*bāśār*": "masculine singular noun - flesh", "*hēmmāh*": "3rd masculine plural independent pronoun - they", "*rûaḥ*": "feminine singular noun - wind/breath/spirit", "*hōlēk*": "Qal participle masculine singular - going/walking/passing away", "*yāšûb*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he returns" }, "variants": { "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/mankind", "*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit", "*hōlēk*": "going/passing away/departing", "*yāšûb*": "returns/comes back" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han husket at de var kjøtt, en vind som farer og ikke vender tilbake.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han kom ihu, at de vare Kjød, et Veir, som bortfarer og kommer ikke tilbage.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Han husket at de var kjød; en vind som blåser bort, og ikke kommer igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han kom i hu at de bare var kjød, en vind som farer forbi og ikke kommer igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han husker at de er kjøtt, en vind som farer forbi og ikke vender tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han husket at de var kjøtt, en vind som blåser forbi og ikke vender tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han husket at de bare var kjøtt, en vind som farer forbi og ikke kommer igjen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee many a tyme turned he his wrath awaye, and wolde not suffre his whole displeasure to aryse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he remebred that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he considered that they were but fleshe, and that they were euen a winde that passeth away & cometh not againe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And He remembereth that they `are' flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.

• 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.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
• Job 7:7 : 7 Oh, remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall see good no more.
• Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
• Job 7:16 : 16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.
• Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech You, that You have made me as the clay; and will You bring me into dust again?
• Ps 103:14-16 : 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.
• John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.