Psalms 90:6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Psalms 90:6 in other translations
| BSB | in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. |
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| WEB | In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. |
| ASV | In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
| YLT | In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered. |
| DARBY | In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth. |
| BBE | In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry. |
| Webster | In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
What does Psalms 90:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 90:5-6
5-6. Life is like grass, which, though changing under the influence of the night's dew, and flourishing in the morning, is soon cut down and withereth (Psa 103:15; 1Pe 1:24).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 90:1-6
It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Nu 14. The favour and protection of God are the only sure rest and comfort of the soul in this evil world. Christ Jesus is the refuge and dwelling-place to which we may repair. We are dying creatures, all our comforts in the world are dying comforts, but God is an ever-living God, and believers find him so. When God, by…
Psalms 90:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 90:6
- Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Psalms 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
- James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- Matthew 6:30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 90:6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
- Psalms 90:7
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psalms 90:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En la mañana florece y crece; á la tarde es cortada, y se seca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Au matin, elle fleurit et reverdit; le soir on la coupe, et elle sèche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Am Morgen blüht es und sproßt auf; am Abend wird es abgemäht und verdorrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | a sagitta volante in die, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, ab incursu, et dæmonio meridiano. |