New English Translation
Psalms 90:3
3You make mankind return to the dust, and say, “Return, O people!”
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
1O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations! 2Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God. You make mankind return to the dust, and say, “Return, O people!” 4Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. 5You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
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תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 90:3
- Psalms 104:29When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.
- Psalms 146:4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
- Genesis 6:6The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.
- Numbers 14:35I, the Lord, have said, “I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!”’”
- Job 12:10in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.
- Job 34:14If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,
- Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to 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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