Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
You turn man to dust, and say, Return, sons of men.
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.”
International Standard Version
You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"
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 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 brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God. 3 You turn man to dust, and say, Return, sons of men. 4 For a thousand years in Your sight are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Job 34:14-15
If He sets His heart on man, if He gathers to Himself his spirit and his breath,
Psalm 104:29
You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Genesis 6:6-7
And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was angry to His heart.
Numbers 14:35
I Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be destroyed in this wilderness, and there they shall die.
Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?
Psalm 146:4
His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.