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Psalms 90:4

90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. when: or, when he hath passed them

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For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. groweth: or, is changed

What does Psalms 90:4 mean?

Psalms 90:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶלֶף (ʼeleph), שָׁנֶה (shâneh), עַיִן (ʻayin).

Hebrew interlinear

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For
a
thousandאֶלֶףʼeleph/eh'-lef/H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
in
thy
sightעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
are
but
asיוֹםyôwm/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)
yesterdayאֶתְמוֹלʼethmôwl/eth-mole'/H865heretofore; definitely yesterday
when
it
is
past,עָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
and
as
a
watchאַשְׁמֻרָהʼashmurâh/ash-moo-raw'/H821a night watch
in
the
night.לַיִלlayil/lah'-yil/H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
when:
or,
when
he
hath
passed
them

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:4.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. gods: or, princes

Exodus 38:26

A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was

Genesis 18:3

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

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What does Psalms 90:4 say?

Psalms 90:4 (King James Version) reads: "For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. when: or, when he hath passed them"

Is Psalms 90:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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