Psalm 90:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
You have swept them away like a flood,זְ֭רַמְתָּם
(ze·ram·tam)
2229: to pour forth in floods, flood awaya prim. root
they fallיִהְי֑וּ
(yih·yu;)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
asleep;שֵׁנָ֣ה
(she·nah)
8142: sleepfrom yashen
In the morningבַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר
(bab·bo·ker)
1242: morn- ingfrom baqar
they are like grassכֶּחָצִ֥יר
(ke·cha·tzir)
2682: green grass, herbagefrom an unused word
which sprouts anew.יַחֲלֹֽף׃
(ya·cha·lof.)
2498: to pass on or away, pass througha prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Thou carriest them away as with a flood
zaram  (zaw-ram')
to gush (as water) -- carry away as with a flood, pour out.
they are as a sleep
shehah  (shay-naw')
sleep -- sleep.
in the morning
boqer  (bo'-ker)
dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning -- (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
they are like grass
chatsiyr  (khaw-tseer')
grass; also a leek (collectively) -- grass, hay, herb, leek.
which groweth up
chalaph  (khaw-laf')
to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

King James Bible
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You end their lives; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning--

International Standard Version
You will sweep them away while they are asleep— by morning they are like growing grass.

NET Bible
You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Their generations shall be a sleep and at dawn it shall change like a flower

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.

King James 2000 Bible
You carry them away as with a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
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