Psalms Chapter 90 verse 3 Holy Bible
Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
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Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
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Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."
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Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
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Psalms 90 : 3 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Thou turnest man to destruction; or, "to dust" (comp. Genesis 3:19). And sayest, Return, ye children of men; i.e. "return once more, and replenish the earth." There may be an allusion to the destruction of mankind by the Deluge, and the repeopling of the earth by the descendants of Noah, as Dr. Kay supposes; or the meaning may be that God is continually bringing one generation of men to an end. and then setting up another, having the same control over human life that he has over inanimate nature (ver. 2).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Thou turnest . . .--Probably we must render, Thou turnest man to dust; and sayest, Turn, sons of Adam--i.e., one generation dies and another succeeds (see Psalm 104:29-30), the continuance of the race being regarded as distinctly due to Divine power as the Creation, to which there is probably allusion.The LXX. suggest as the true reading, "Turn not man to dust, but say rather," &c.