Psalms 90:3
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
- KJV
- Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- WEB
- You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”
- ASV
- Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- DARBY
- Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
- BLB
- You return man to dust and say, “Return, O sons of men!”
- ÅB
- Du befaler mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn!
- OTB
- Du lar mennesker vende tilbake til støv
Og sier: "Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn." - B1930
- Du byder mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, I menneskebarn!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Read in contextPsalms 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Read in contextPsalms 146:4
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Read in contextNumbers 14:35
I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
Read in contextJob 34:14–15
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
Read in contextJob 12:10
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
Read in contextGenesis 6:6–7
And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
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