Psalm 90:3–4
Psalm 90:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 You return man to dust
and say, “Return, O children of man!”
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
or as a watch in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Psalm 90:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 You turn people back to dust, saying,
“Return to dust, you mortals!”
4 For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,
as brief as a few night hours.
Psalm 90:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 You turn people back into dust.
You say, “Go back into dust, human beings.”
4 To you, a thousand years
is like the passing of a day,
or like a few hours in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Psalm 90:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men. 4 For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 You turn mortals back into dust
and say, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
4 Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day,
like yesterday—already past—
like an hour in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
4 For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 You turn us back to dust,
and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like yesterday when it is past,
or like a watch in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 You return man to the dust,
saying, “Return, O sons of man.”
4 For a thousand years in your eyes
are like yesterday when it passes,
or like a watch in the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 You turn human beings back to dust.
You say to them, “Return to dust.”
4 To you a thousand years
are like a day that has just gone by.
They are like a few hours of the night.
Psalm 90:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.