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Psalms 90:10

90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a: or, as a meditation
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. The days: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years

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The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

What does Psalms 90:10 mean?

Psalms 90:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹם (yôwm), שָׁנֶה (shâneh), שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym).

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The
daysיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
of
our
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
are
threescoreשִׁבְעִיםshibʻîym/shib-eem'/H7657seventy
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
and
ten;שִׁבְעִיםshibʻîym/shib-eem'/H7657seventy
and
if
by
reason
of
strengthגְּבוּרָהgᵉbûwrâh/gheb-oo-raw'/H1369force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
they
be
fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshᵉmônîym/shem-o-neem'/H8084eighty, also eightieth
years,שָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
yet
is
their
strengthרֹהָבrôhâb/ro'-hab/H7296pride
labourעָמָלʻâmâl/aw-mawl'/H5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
and
sorrow;אָוֶןʼâven/aw-ven'/H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
for
it
is
soonחִישׁchîysh/kheesh/H2440properly, a hurry; hence (adverb) quickly
cut
off,גּוּזgûwz/gooz/H1468properly, to shear off; but used only in the (figuratively) sense of passing rapidly
and
we
fly
away.עוּףʻûwph/oof/H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
The
days:
Heb.
As
for
the
days
of
our
years,
in
them
are
seventy
years

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:10.

Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: Lamech: Heb. Lemech

Genesis 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

Genesis 5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. vanity: or, iniquity

Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Job 5:6

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity

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What does Psalms 90:10 say?

Psalms 90:10 (King James Version) reads: "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. The days: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years"

Is Psalms 90:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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