When (A)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

Read full chapter

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;(A)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.(B)

Read full chapter

and (A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (B)the spirit returns to God (C)who gave it.

Read full chapter

and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

Read full chapter

29 When you (A)hide your face, they are (B)dismayed;
    when you (C)take away their breath, they die
    and (D)return to their dust.

Read full chapter

29 When you hide your face,(A)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.(B)

Read full chapter

then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature.

Read full chapter

Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
    and (B)to dust you shall return.”

Read full chapter

19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

Read full chapter

Wisdom from the Spirit

Yet among (A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (C)who are doomed to pass away.

Read full chapter

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(A) but not the wisdom of this age(B) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(C)

Read full chapter

10 The Lord (A)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
    he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Read full chapter

10 The Lord foils(A) the plans(B) of the nations;(C)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

Read full chapter

as long as my breath is in me,
    and (A)the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

Read full chapter

as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(A) in my nostrils,

Read full chapter

11 My (A)days are past; my plans are broken off,
    the desires of my heart.

Read full chapter

11 My days have passed,(A) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(B)

Read full chapter

21 His sons come to honor, and he (A)does not know it;
    they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

Read full chapter

21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
    if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(A)

Read full chapter

23 but you have lifted up yourself against (A)the Lord of heaven. And (B)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (C)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (D)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (E)whose are all your ways, (F)you have not honored.

Read full chapter

23 Instead, you have set yourself up against(A) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives(B) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.(C) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life(D) and all your ways.(E)

Read full chapter

20 (A)The breath of our nostrils, (B)the Lord's anointed,
    was captured (C)in their pits,
of whom we said, (D)“Under his shadow
    we shall live among the nations.”

Read full chapter

20 The Lord’s anointed,(A) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.(B)
We thought that under his shadow(C)
    we would live among the nations.

Read full chapter

22 (A)Stop regarding man
    (B)in whose nostrils is breath,
    for of what account is he?

Read full chapter

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(A)
    who have but a breath(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(C)

Read full chapter