Psalms 90:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—”
A short, plain-language explanation of Psalms 90:5 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 90:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
- Job 9:26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
- Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
- Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
- Isaiah 29:7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
- Isaiah 38:12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Isaiah 40:7The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
- James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).