Psalms 90:3
What does Psalms 90:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 90:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 34:14
If he set his heart upon himself, Ifhe gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
- Psalms 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
- Numbers 14:35
I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
- Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
- Genesis 3:19
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
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