Psalms 90:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”

Psalms 90:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 90:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 90:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.”

Psalms 90:5 — World English Bible

Psalms 90:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Psalms 90:5 — American Standard Version

Psalms 90:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.”

Psalms 90:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 90:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:”

Psalms 90:5 — Darby Translation

Psalms 90:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse:”

Psalms 90:5 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 90:5 in Context — Psalms 90

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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

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

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

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

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What Does Psalms 90:5 Mean?

Psalms 90:5 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 90. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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