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Psalms 90:4

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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
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  1. 2 Peter 3:8Rank 1 from verse 4
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    8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

  2. Psalms 39:5Rank 2 from verse 4
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    5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  3. Matthew 24:43Rank 3 from verse 4
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    43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

  4. Luke 12:38Rank 4 from verse 4
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    38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

  5. Matthew 14:25Rank 5 from verse 4
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    25And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

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Psalms 90:4

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

yesterday

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The day immediately before the present day; by extension, former time just past.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

past

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Gone by, ended, or beyond a stated place, time, or limit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

watch

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Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

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