New International Version (NIV)
10Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Psalm 90:10
Psalm 90:10 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
10As for the days of our 90:10 Lit yearslife, 90:10 Lit in them arethey contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy;
For it quickly passes, and we disappear.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
10As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
10The days of our life are 90:10 This psalm is credited to Moses, who is interceding with God to remove the curse which made it necessary for every Israelite over twenty years of age (when they rebelled against God at Kadesh-barnea) to die before reaching the promised land of Canaan (Num 14:26-35). Moses himself lived to be 120 years old, Aaron 123, Miriam several years older, and Joshua 110 years of age; but it is conceivable that Moses considered such longevity the exception. The ancient rabbis taught that by the time of David, 70 was the age of death for an old man and 80 for a vigorous old man.seventy years—
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
10The length of our days is seventy years —
or eighty if we are strong —
yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
10We live to be about 70.
Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy.
But even our best days are filled with trouble and sorrow.
The years quickly pass, and we are gone.