Psalms 90:6

Psalms 90:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
• New International Version (NIV)In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.

Context of Psalms 90:6

4For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. 5You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. 7For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. 8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Psalms 90:6 word by word

בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• it flourishethצוּץtsûts · to blossomH6692
• and groweth upחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• in the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• it is cut downמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135
• and witherethיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001

Cross-references for Psalms 90:6

• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;
• Job 14:2He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
• Matthew 6:30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Commentaries on Psalms 90:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6In the morning it flourisheth - This does not mean that it grows with any special vigor or rapidity in the morning, as if that were illustrative of the rapid growth of the young; but merely that, in fact, in the morning it is green and vigorous, and is cut down in the short course of a day, or before evening. The reference here is to grass as an emblem of man. And groweth up - The same word in the Hebrew which is used in the close of the previous verse…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

Topics related to Psalms 90:6

• Grass
• Life
• Mowing

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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