Psalms 104:30

104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

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You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

You send forth your spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth.

104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. endure: Heb. be

What does Psalms 104:30 mean?

Psalms 104:30 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁלַח (shâlach), רוּחַ (rûwach), בָּרָא (bârâʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

Thou

sendestשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

forth

thy

spirit,רוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

they

are

created:בָּרָאbârâʼ/baw-raw'/H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

and

thou

renewestחָדַשׁchâdash/khaw-dash'/H2318to be new; causatively, to rebuild

the

faceפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

the

earth.אֲדָמָהʼădâmâh/ad-aw-maw'/H127soil (from its general redness)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:30.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Genesis 8:8

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 18:16

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. there: or, a mist which went up from, etc.

Genesis 3:23

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. cool: Heb. wind

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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What does Psalms 104:30 say?

Psalms 104:30 (King James Version) reads: "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth."

Is Psalms 104:30 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:30 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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