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Psalms 90:4

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← Psalms 90:3	Psalms 90:4 (KJV)	Psalms 90:5 →
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.	Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For a thousand^H505 years^H8141 in thy sight^H5869 are but as^H3117 yesterday^H865 when it is past^H5674, and as a watch^H821 in the night^H3915.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ כְּיֹום אֶתְמֹול כִּי יַעֲבֹר וְאַשְׁמוּרָה בַלָּיְלָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
אֶ֪לֶף	'E.lef	H505	HAcbsa	a thousand
שָׁנִ֡ים	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
בְּֽ/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָ	be./'ei.Nei./kha	H5869	HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms	in/ view/ your
כְּ/י֣וֹם	ke./Yom	H3117	HR/Ncmsa	(are) like/ a day of
אֶ֭תְמוֹל	'Et.mol	H865	HNcmsa	yesterday
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
יַעֲבֹ֑ר	ya.'a.Vor	H5674	HVqi3ms	it passes
וְ/אַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה	ve./'ash.mu.Rah	H821	HC/Ncfsa	and/ a watch
בַ/לָּֽיְלָה	va./La.ye.lah	H3915	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ night

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H821 — אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh, ash-moo-raw'): or אַשׁמוּרָה; or אַשׁמֹרֶת; (feminine) from שָׁמַר; a night watch; watch.
• H865 — אֶתְמוֹל (ʼethmôwl, eth-mole'): or אִתְמוֹל; or אֶתְמוּל; probably from אֵת or אֵת and מוּל; heretofore; definitely yesterday; [phrase] before (that) time, [phrase] heretofore, of late (old), [phrase] times past, yester(day).
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and as — Matthew 14:25, Matthew 24:43, Luke 12:38
• For — 2 Peter 3:8

Reciprocal references (8): Job 8:9, Job 15:20, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 90:9, Psalms 102:27, Hebrews 1:12, Hebrews 13:8, Revelation 20:3

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: WATCHES
• Nave’s: GOD, YEAR

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