Psalms 90:5

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

3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. 4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Psalms 90:5 word by word

זְ֭רַמְתָּם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃Read the interlinear

• Thou carriest them away as with a floodזָרַםzâram · to floodH2229
• a sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• like grassחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• groweth upחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498

Cross-references for Psalms 90:5

• Job 9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
• Job 22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
• Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
• Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
• Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
• Psalms 73:20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
• Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
• Isaiah 40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
• James 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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

Topics related to Psalms 90:5

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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