Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. New Living Translation But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust. English Standard Version When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. Berean Standard Bible When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. King James Bible Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. New King James Version You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. New American Standard Bible You hide Your face, they are terrified; You take away their breath, they perish And return to their dust. NASB 1995 You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust. NASB 1977 Thou dost hide Thy face, they are dismayed; Thou dost take away their spirit, they expire, And return to their dust. Legacy Standard Bible You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they breathe their last And return to their dust. Amplified Bible You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die And return to their dust. Christian Standard Bible When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. Holman Christian Standard Bible When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. American Standard Version Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Aramaic Bible in Plain English You turn your face and they are disturbed; you take their spirit and they die and return to their dust. Brenton Septuagint Translation But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust. Contemporary English Version But when you turn away, they are terrified; when you end their life, they die and rot. Douay-Rheims Bible But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust. English Revised Version Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust. GOD'S WORD® Translation You hide your face, and they are terrified. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust. Good News Translation When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came. International Standard Version When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, And return to their dust. Literal Standard Version You hide Your face—they are troubled, | You gather their spirit—they expire, | And they return to their dust. Majority Standard Bible When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. New American Bible When you hide your face, they panic. Take away their breath, they perish and return to the dust. NET Bible When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust. New Revised Standard Version When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. New Heart English Bible You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. World English Bible You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. Young's Literal Translation Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!…28When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. 30When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.… Cross References Genesis 3:19 By 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." Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?' 1 Samuel 25:38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead. Job 10:9 Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Job 34:14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. Treasury of Scripture You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. hidest Psalm 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: thou takes Psalm 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Job 34:14,15 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; … Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. return Psalm 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Jump to Previous Breath Die Dismayed Dust End Expire Face Gatherest Hide Hidest Perish Spirit Terrified Troubled Turn Vanish Veiled WithdrawestJump to Next Breath Die Dismayed Dust End Expire Face Gatherest Hide Hidest Perish Spirit Terrified Troubled Turn Vanish Veiled WithdrawestPsalm 104 1. A meditation upon the mighty power7. And wonderful providence of God 31. God's glory is eternal 33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God (29) Thou hidest Thy face.--Elsewhere an image of displeasure, here only of withdrawal of providential care. (See Psalm 30:7, where the expression "troubled" also occurs.) Thou takest away their breath.--Not only is the food which sustains animal life dependent on the ceaseless providence of God, but even the very breath of life is His, to be sent forth or withdrawn at His will. But to this thought, derived of course from Genesis (comp. Psalm 90:3, Note), the poet adds another. The existence of death is not a sorrow to him any more than it is a mystery. To the psalmist it is only the individual that dies; the race lives. One generation fades as God's breath is withdrawn, but another succeeds as it is sent forth. Verse 29. - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled. If God withdraws the light of his countenance from any living thing, instantly it feels the loss. It is "troubled," cast down, confounded (comp. Psalm 30:7). Thou takest away their breath, they die. As the living things have life from God, so they have death from him. Not one of them perishes but he knows it, and causes it or allows it (see Matthew 10:29). And return to their dust. Return, i.e., to the dead matter out of which they were created.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When You hideתַּסְתִּ֥יר (tas·tîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal Your face, פָּנֶיךָ֮ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face they panic; יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן (yib·bā·hê·lūn) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously when You take away תֹּסֵ֣ף (tō·sêp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove their breath, ר֭וּחָם (rū·ḥām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit they die יִגְוָע֑וּן (yiḡ·wā·‘ūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 1478: To breathe out, expire and return יְשׁוּבֽוּן׃ (yə·šū·ḇūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to וְֽאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to dust. עֲפָרָ֥ם (‘ă·p̄ā·rām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud Links Psalm 104:29 NIVPsalm 104:29 NLT Psalm 104:29 ESV Psalm 104:29 NASB Psalm 104:29 KJV Psalm 104:29 BibleApps.com Psalm 104:29 Biblia Paralela Psalm 104:29 Chinese Bible Psalm 104:29 French Bible Psalm 104:29 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 104:29 You hide your face: they are troubled (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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