Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Thou turnest man to destruction: and sayest, Returne yee children of men.
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- Genesis 3:19Rank 1 from verse 3
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt thou returne.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 2 from verse 3
- Job 34:14–15Rank 3 from verse 3
14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
14*If he set his heart †vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;
15*All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turne againe vnto dust.
- Numbers 14:35Rank 4 from verse 3
35I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
35I the LORD haue said, I will surely doe it vnto all this euill Congregation, that are gathered together against mee: in this wildernesse they shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.
- Psalms 104:29Rank 5 from verse 3
- Psalms 146:4Rank 6 from verse 3
- Genesis 6:6–7Rank 7 from verse 3
6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieued him at his heart.
7And the LORD said, I will destroy man, whom I haue created, from the face of the earth: †both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me that I haue made them.
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Psalms 90:3
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Second-person singular present form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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destruction
The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Second-person singular present form of say. To speak, declare, tell, or express.
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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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90:1LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
90:1¶ LORD, thou hast bene our dwelling place in all generations.
90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
90:2Before the mountaines were broughtforth, or euer thou hadst formed the earth and the world: euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art God.
90:3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
90:3Thou turnest man to destruction: and sayest, Returne yee children of men.
Selected passage90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
90:4*‖For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch in the night.
90:5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
90:5‖Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp.
90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
90:7For we are consumed by thine anger: and by thy wrath are we troubled.
90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee: our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.
90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
90:9†‖For all our dayes are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our yeeres as a tale that is told.
90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
90:10†The dayes of our yeres are threescore yeeres and ten, and if by reason of strength they be fourescore yeeres, yet is their strength labour and sorrow: for it is soone cut off, and we flie away.
90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? euen according to thy feare, so is thy wrath.
90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
90:12†So teach vs to number our daies: that wee may apply our hearts vnto wisedome.
90:13Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
90:13Returne (O LORD) how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy seruants.
90:14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
90:14O satisfie vs early with thy mercie: that we may reioyce, and be glad all our dayes.
90:15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
90:15Make vs glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted vs: and the yeeres wherein we haue seene euil.
90:16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
90:16Let thy worke appeare vnto thy seruants: and thy glory vnto their children.
90:17And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
90:17And let the beautie of the LORD our God be vpon vs, and establish thou the worke of our hands vpon vs: yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.