(A)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day (B)his plans perish.

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

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(A)Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
(B)And the spirit will return to God (C)who gave it.

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

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29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
(A)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

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

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

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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)

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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 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”

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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)

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Spiritual Wisdom

However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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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)

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10 (A)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

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

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As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,

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

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11 (A)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the [a]thoughts of my heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:11 desires

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

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

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

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23 (A)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (B)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (C)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (D)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:23 Exalted
  2. Daniel 5:23 The temple

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)

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20 The (A)breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
(B)Was caught in their pits,
Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

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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.

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22 (A)Sever[a] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (B)breath is in his nostrils;
For [b]of what account is he?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
  2. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed

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

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