Psalm 78:39
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Thus He rememberedוַ֭יִּזְכֹּר
(vai·yiz·kor)
2142: remembera prim. root
that they were but flesh,בָשָׂ֣ר
(va·sar)
1320: fleshfrom basar
A windר֥וּחַ
(ru·ach)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word
that passesהֹ֝ולֵ֗ךְ
(ho·v·lech)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
and does not return.יָשֽׁוּב׃
(ya·shuv.)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
For he remembered
zakar  (zaw-kar')
to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention
that they were but flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
a wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
that passeth away
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
and cometh not again
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He remembered that they were only flesh, a wind that passes and does not return.

International Standard Version
For he remembered that they were only flesh, a passing wind that doesn't return.

NET Bible
He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He remembered that they were flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.

King James 2000 Bible
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
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