Psalms 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Psalms 104:29 in other translations
| BSB | When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. |
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| WEB | You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. |
| ASV | Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. |
| YLT | Thou hidest Thy face--they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit--they expire, And unto their dust they turn back. |
| DARBY | Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust. |
| BBE | If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust. |
| Webster | Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. |
What does Psalms 104:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:27-30
27-30. The entire dependence of this immense family on God is set forth. With Him, to kill or make alive is equally easy. To hide His face is to withdraw favor (Psa 13:1). By His spirit, or breath, or mere word, He gives life. It is His constant providence which repairs the wastes of time and disease.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:19-30
We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which…
Psalms 104:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 104:29
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Job 34:14-15
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
- Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
- 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.
- Psalms 30:7
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
- Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Acts 17:25
Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
- Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- Deuteronomy 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
- 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:
- Romans 8:20-22
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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Context
- Psalms 104:28
That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
- Psalms 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Psalms 104:30
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Psalms 104:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Escondes tu rostro, túrbanse: les quitas el espíritu, dejan de ser, y tórnanse en su polvo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu caches ta face, ils sont troublés; tu retires leur souffle, ils expirent et retournent à leur poussière. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du verbirgst dein Angesicht: sie erschrecken; du nimmst ihren Odem hinweg: sie hauchen aus und kehren zurück zu ihrem Staube. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Convertit aquas eorum in sanguinem, et occidit pisces eorum. |