Psalms 90:5
What does Psalms 90:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 90:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949...
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 29:7
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
- Job 22:16
Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
- Job 27:20
Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- James 1:10
and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
- Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
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