Psalms 90:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, 15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
  • Gen 6:6-7 : 6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
  • Num 14:35 : 35 I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.
  • Job 12:10 : 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 90:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1<A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.

    2Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

  • Ps 90:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.

    5...

    6In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.

  • Ps 104:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

    30If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.

  • Ps 90:9-13
    5 verses
    76%

    9For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

    10The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

    11Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?

    12So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

    13Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.

  • Job 34:15
    75%

    15All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • Ps 89:47
    74%

    47See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

    4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • Ps 146:4
    73%

    4Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

  • Lam 5:21
    73%

    21Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.

  • Ps 73:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

    19How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • Eccl 12:7
    73%

    7And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

  • Eccl 3:20
    73%

    20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

  • Job 14:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

    20You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

  • Job 15:13
    72%

    13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 7:17
    72%

    17What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Job 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.

    9O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

  • Ps 82:7
    72%

    7But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

  • Ps 60:1
    71%

    1<To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.

  • Job 10:5
    71%

    5Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

  • Ps 89:44-45
    2 verses
    71%

    44You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

    45You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)

  • Gen 3:19
    71%

    19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

  • Hab 1:14
    71%

    14He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.

  • Job 14:3
    71%

    3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Ps 39:5
    71%

    5You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Ps 102:24-27
    4 verses
    70%

    24I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations:

    25In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

    26They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed:

    27But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end.

  • Hab 1:12
    70%

    12Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.

  • Heb 1:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;

    12They will be rolled up like a cloth, even like a robe, and they will be changed: but you are the same and your years will have no end.

  • Job 14:10
    70%

    10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

  • Ps 39:11
    70%

    11By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Ps 104:9
    69%

    9You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

  • Job 20:4
    69%

    4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • Ps 85:4
    69%

    4Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

  • Job 17:11
    69%

    11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.