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, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, you are God. 3You return mankind to the dust, saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.” For in your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by, like a few hours of the night. 5You end their lives; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning — 6in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up.

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 3:8Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
• Matthew 14:25Jesus came toward them walking on the sea very early in the morning.
• Matthew 24:43But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.
• Luke 12:38If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, 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

Topics related to Psalms 90:4

• God
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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