Psalms 90:3

In 11 translations

BSB

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

KJV

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

WEB

You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”

ASV

Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

LSV

You turn man to a bruised thing, || And say, Return, you sons of men.

YLT

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

DBY

Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.

DRC89:3

Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.

GNV

Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.

JPS

Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'

LXXE89:3

Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?

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WLC

תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

LXX-Br89:3

Μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἄνθρωπον εἰς ταπείνωσιν, καὶ εἶπας, ἐπιστρέψατε υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
• Psalms 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
• Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
• Numbers 14:35I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
• Genesis 6:6–7And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling…
• Job 12:10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

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