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Psalms 90:6

What does Psalms 90:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 90:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

Context

v.5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

v.6This passage

v.7For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 1:11

    For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

  • Job 14:2

    He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • Matthew 6:30

    But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

  • Psalms 92:7

    When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

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