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Psalm 90:2–4

Before the mountains were borny

or you brought forth the whole world,

from everlasting to everlastingz you are God.a

You turn people back to dust,

saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”b

A thousand years in your sight

are like a day that has just gone by,

or like a watch in the night.c

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Psalm 90:2–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Before the mountains were brought forth,

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

You return man to dust

and say, “Return, O children of man!”

For a thousand years in your sight

are but as yesterday when it is past,

or as a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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.

Psalm 90:2–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Before the mountains were born,

before you gave birth to the earth and the world,

from beginning to end, you are God.

You turn people back to dust, saying,

“Return to dust, you mortals!”

For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,

as brief as a few night hours.

Psalm 90:2–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

You turn man to destruction,

And say, “Return, O children of men.”

For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday when it is past,

And like a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

Before the mountains were born

and before you created the earth and the world,

you are God.

You have always been, and you will always be.

You turn people back into dust.

You say, “Go back into dust, human beings.”

To you, a thousand years

is like the passing of a day,

or like a few hours in the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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.

Psalm 90:2–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art •God. Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men. For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Before the mountains were born, 

before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. 

You are God from everlasting to everlasting. 

You turn mortals back into dust 

and say, “Return, descendants of Adam.” 

Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, 

like yesterday—already past— 

like an hour in the night. 

Psalm 90:2–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Before the mountains were born,

before You gave birth to the earth and the world,

from eternity to eternity, You are God.

You return mankind to the dust,

saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

For in Your sight a thousand years

are like yesterday that passes by,

like a few hours of the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Before the mountains were brought forth,

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

You turn us back to dust,

and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”

For a thousand years in your sight

are like yesterday when it is past,

or like a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Before the mountains were born

and you brought forth the earth and the world,

even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

You return man to the dust,

saying, “Return, O sons of man.”

For a thousand years in your eyes

are like yesterday when it passes,

or like a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Before you created the world and the mountains were made,

from the beginning to the end you are God.

You turn human beings back to dust.

You say to them, “Return to dust.”

To you a thousand years

are like a day that has just gone by.

They are like a few hours of the night.

Psalm 90:2–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Before the mountains were born

Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

You turn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O children of men.”

For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday when it passes by,

Or as a watch in the night.


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