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Psalm 90

Psa. 90:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
in thy sight
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
are but as
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
yesterday
'ethmowl (Hebrew #865)
or methmuwl {eth- mool'}; probably from 853 or 854 and 4136; heretofore; definitely yesterday
KJV usage: + before (that) time, + heretofore, of late (old), + times past, yester(day).
Pronounce: eth-mole'
Origin: or tithmowl {ith-mole'}
when λit is past
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and as a watch
'ashmurah (Hebrew #821)
or -ashmoreth {ash-mo'-reth}; (feminine) from 8104; a night watch
KJV usage: watch.
Pronounce: ash-moo-raw'
Origin: or bashmuwrah {ash-moo-raw'}
in the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
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or, he hath passed them

More on:

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Night,
Watch,
Year,
Yesterday; Yesternight

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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For.
2 Peter 3:8• 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 Peter 3:8)
is past.
or, when he hath passed them.
and as.
Matt. 14:25• 25And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. (Matt. 14:25)
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Matt. 24:43• 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. (Matt. 24:43)
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Luke 12:38• 38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. (Luke 12:38)
• In the sight of God there is no time as men count time. (“Psalms 90” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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