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Psalms 90:3
3Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of 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, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. 2Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God. Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men. 4For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night. 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
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תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 90:3
- Psalms 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.
- Psalms 146:4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Genesis 6:6And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
- Numbers 14:35I Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it unto all this evil assembly which have gathered together against me! in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
- Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
- Job 34:14If he only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
- Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto 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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