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Psalms 90:5
5You end their lives; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning —
Psalms 90:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:
- English Standard Version (ESV)You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
- New King James Version (NKJV)You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:
Context of Psalms 90:5
3You return mankind to the dust, saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.” 4For in your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by, like a few hours of the night. You 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. 7For we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
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זְ֭רַמְתָּם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 90:5
- Job 9:26They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river.
- Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.
- Isaiah 8:7the Lord will certainly bring against them the mighty rushing water of the Euphrates River — the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will overflow its channels and spill over all its banks.
- Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile, with waters that churn like rivers?
- Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.
- Isaiah 29:7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel — all the attackers, the siege works against her, and those who oppress her — will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass — he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Isaiah 40:6A voice was saying, “Cry out!” Another said, “What should I cry out?” “All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
- James 1:10but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- 1 Peter 1:24For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
Commentaries on Psalms 90:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood - Life is compared to a stream, ever gliding away; but sometimes it is as a mighty torrent, when by reason of plague, famine, or war, thousands are swept away daily. In particular cases it is a rapid stream, when the young are suddenly carried off by consumptions, fevers, etc.; this is the flower that flourisheth in the morning, and in the evening is cut down and withered. The whole of life is like a sleep or as a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood - The original here is a single verb with the suffix - זרמתם zerametâm The verb - זרם zâram - means, to flow, to pour; then, to pour upon, to overwhelm, to wash away. The idea is, that they were swept off as if a torrent bore them from the earth, carrying them away without regard to order, rank, age, or condition. So death makes no discrimination. Every day that passes, multitudes of every age, sex, condition…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Unlike God, humans are mortal and temporary.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Life is like grass, which, though changing under the influence of the night's dew, and flourishing in the morning, is soon cut down and withereth (Psa 103:15; 1Pe 1:24).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
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