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Psalms 104:29

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Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 1 from verse 29
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    7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  2. Job 34:14–15Rank 2 from verse 29
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    14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

    15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  3. Psalms 146:4Rank 3 from verse 29
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    4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  4. Acts 17:25Rank 4 from verse 29
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    25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  5. Genesis 3:19Rank 5 from verse 29
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    19In 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.

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Psalms 104:29

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

troubled

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Disturbed, agitated, alarmed, perplexed, afflicted, burdened, unsettled, or caused to suffer inward, bodily, social, or outward disruption.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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breath

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Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

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

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30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

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