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 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 like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. 5You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers. 7For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified. 8You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

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 92:7When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever.
• Job 14:2He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
• Matthew 6:30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, 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