Psalms 90:4

Psalms 90:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
• New International Version (NIV)A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

Context of Psalms 90:4

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. 3You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!” For 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— 6In the morning it flourishes and springs up; In the evening it wilts and withers away.

Psalms 90:4 word by word

כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּי֣וֹם אֶ֭תְמוֹל כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• in thy sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• asיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• yesterdayאֶתְמוֹל'ethmôl 'ithmôl 'ethmûl · previouslyH865
• when it is pastעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• a watchאַשְׁמוּרָה'ashmûrâh 'ashmûrâh 'ashmôreth · watchH821
• in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915

Cross-references for Psalms 90:4

• 2 Peter 3:8Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.
• Matthew 14:25And in the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
• Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the head of the house had known what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
• Luke 12:38Whether he comes in the second watch (before midnight), or even in the third (after midnight), and finds them so [prepared and ready], blessed are those servants.

Commentaries on Psalms 90:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For a thousand years in thy sight - As if he had said, Though the resurrection of the body may be a thousand (or any indefinite number of) years distant; yet, when these are past, they are but as yesterday, or a single thatch of the night. They pass through the mind in a moment, and appear no longer in their duration than the time required by the mind to reflect them by thought. But, short as they appear to the eye of the mind, they are nothing when…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For a thousand years in thy sight - Hebrew, “In thy eyes;” that is, It so appears to thee - or, a thousand years so seem to thee, however long they may appear to man. The utmost length to which the life of man has reached - in the case of Methuselah - was nearly a thousand years Genesis 5:27; and the idea here is, that the longest human life, even if it should be lengthened out to a thousand years, would be in the sight of God, or in comparison with his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Unlike God, humans are mortal and temporary.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Even were our days now a thousand years, as Adam's, our life would be but a moment in God's sight (2Pe 3:8). a watch--or, third part of a night (compare Ex 14:24).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