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Psalm 90:5–6

Yet you sweep people awayd in the sleep of death—

they are like the new grass of the morning:

In the morning it springs up new,

but by evening it is dry and withered.e

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Psalm 90:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,

like grass that is renewed in the morning:

in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it fades and withers.

Psalm 90:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep:

In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;

In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalm 90:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.

They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

In the morning it blooms and flourishes,

but by evening it is dry and withered.

Psalm 90:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

You carry them away like a flood;

They are like a sleep.

In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

In the morning it flourishes and grows up;

In the evening it is cut down and withers.

Psalm 90:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

While people sleep, you take their lives.

They are like grass that grows up in the morning.

In the morning they are fresh and new,

but by evening they dry up and die.

Psalm 90:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep:

In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;

In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalm 90:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass that groweth up: In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

Psalm 90:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

You sweep mortals away. 

They are a dream. 

They sprout again in the morning like cut grass. 

In the morning they blossom and sprout. 

In the evening they wither and dry up. 

Psalm 90:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You end their lives; they sleep.

They are like grass that grows in the morning—

in the morning it sprouts and grows;

by evening it withers and dries up.

Psalm 90:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

You sweep them away; they are like a dream,

like grass that is renewed in the morning;

in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it fades and withers.

Psalm 90:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

You sweep them away like a flood.

They fall asleep.

In the morning they are like grass that sprouts anew.

In the morning it blossoms and sprouts anew;

by evening it withers and dries up.

Psalm 90:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You sweep people away, and they die.

They are like new grass that grows in the morning.

In the morning it springs up new,

but by evening it’s all dried up.

Psalm 90:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;

In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;

Toward evening it fades and withers away.


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