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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.

Context of Psalms 90:6

4Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday—already past— like an hour in the night. 5You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass. In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up. 7Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us. 8You have set our sins in front of you. You have put 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 wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers blossom ⌞like flowers⌟, only to be destroyed forever.
• Job 14:2He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long.
• Matthew 6:30That’s the way God clothes the grass in the field. Today it’s alive, and tomorrow it’s thrown into an incinerator. So how much more will he clothe you people who have so 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