Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"
New American Standard Bible
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
King James Version
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Holman Bible
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
A Conservative Version
Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.
American Standard Version
Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Amplified
You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
Darby Translation
Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt turn man even to crushing, and thou wilt say, Turn back, ye sons of man.
King James 2000
You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You return man to [the] dust, {saying}, "Return, O sons of man."
Modern King James verseion
You turn man to dust, and say, Return, sons of men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."
NET Bible
You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"
New Heart English Bible
You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."
The Emphasized Bible
Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said - Return, ye sons of Adam!
Webster
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
World English Bible
You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Themes
Man » God » Turns, to destruction
Time » The difference between the lord’s time and our time
References
American
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 90:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eternal God And Mortal Man
2 Before the mountains were formed or the earth and the world were brought forth, you are God from eternity to eternity. 3 You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!" 4 One thousand years in your sight are but a single day that passes by, just like a night watch.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
Job 34:14-15
If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life,
Psalm 104:29
When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.
Genesis 6:6-7
Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.
Numbers 14:35
I, the LORD, have spoken. I will indeed do this to this evil congregation, who gathered together against me. They'll be eliminated in this wilderness and will surely die."
Job 12:10
and that the life of every living thing rests in his control, along with the breath of every living human being?
Psalm 146:4
When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!