Psalms 78:39

I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath. 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

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Berean Standard Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Bible in Basic English
So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.
Free Bible Version
He remembered their mortality—that they were like a puff of wind that would not return.
Geneva Bible 1599
For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.
King James (Authorized) Version
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
One Unity Resource Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and does not come again.
Translation for Translators
He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they disappear quickly [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He called to mind that they were made of flesh, a wind that passes away and does not return.
Noah Webster Bible
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
World English Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
Young's Literal Translation
And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.