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Psalms 90:3
3You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
Psalms 90:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- New International Version (NIV)You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)You turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.”
Context of Psalms 90:3
1Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations. 2Before the mountains were born Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God. You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!” 4For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, Or as a watch in the night. 5You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone]; In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:3 word by word
תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 90:3
- Psalms 104:29You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die And return to their dust.
- Psalms 146:4When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face You will eat bread Until you return to the ground, For from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 6:6The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.
- Numbers 14:35I, the Lord, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’ ”
- Job 12:10In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
- Job 34:14If God should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
- Ecclesiastes 12:7then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Commentaries on Psalms 90:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thou turnest man to destruction - Literally, Thou shalt turn dying man, אנוש enosh, to the small dust, דכא dacca but thou wilt say, Return, ye children of Adam. This appears to be a clear and strong promise of the resurrection of the human body, after it has long slept, mingled with the dust of the earth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Thou turnest man to destruction - In contradistinction from his own unchangeableness and eternity. Man passes away; God continues ever the same. The word rendered “destruction” - דכא dakkâ' - means properly anything beaten or broken small or very fine, and hence, “dust.” The idea here is, that God causes man to return to dust; that is, the elements which compose the body return to their original condition, or seem to mingle with the earth. Genesis 3:19…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Unlike God, humans are mortal and temporary.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. to destruction--literally, "even to dust" (Ge 3:19), which is partly quoted in the last clause.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 90
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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