God’s Word Translation
Psalms 90:5
5You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.
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 turn mortals back into dust and say, “Return, descendants of Adam.” 4Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday—already past— like an hour in the night. You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass. 6In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up. 7Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
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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 pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Job 22:16They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.
- Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood. A windstorm snatches him away at night.
- Isaiah 8:7That is why the Lord is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River— the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
- Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile River, like streams that flow swiftly?
- Psalms 73:20As ⌞someone⌟ gets rid of a dream when he wakes up, so you, O Lord, get rid of the thought of them when you wake up.
- Isaiah 29:7The armies from all the nations will go to war against Ariel. They will go to war against it, blockade it, and torment it. All of this will be like a dream, like a vision in the night.
- Psalms 103:15Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice called, “Call out!” I asked, “What should I call out?” “Call out: All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower in the field.
- James 1:10Rich believers should be proud because being rich should make them humble. Rich people will wither like flowers.
- 1 Peter 1:24“All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
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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