Psalms 78:39 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

English EASY 2024

He remembered that they were weak and human, like a wind that blows away and does not return.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He remembered that they were only people, like a wind that blows and then is gone.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He remembered that they were only mortal beings, like a wind that blows by and is gone.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He remembered that they were [only] flesh, a wind that passes and does not return.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that goes and does not return.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

for He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away and does not return.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He was mindful that they were flesh, a breath that passes and does not return.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He remembered that they were only human. He remembered they were only a breath of air that drifts by and doesn't return.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again.

English NLT

For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone in a moment like a breath of wind, never to return.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and does not come again.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He knew that they were made from mere dust— frail, fragile, and short-lived, here today and gone tomorrow.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For he remembered that they were merely mortal men, gone in a moment like a breath of wind.

English Tyndale 1537

For he considered that they were but flesh: even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Psalms 78:39 — Compare Translations