A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
NMVFor a thousand years in youri sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
OJBFor an elef shanim in Thy sight are but as yom etmol (yesterday) when it is past, and as an ashmurah (watch, division of time) in the lailah.
T4TWhen you ◄consider/think about► time, 1,000 years are as short as [SIM] one day which passes; you consider that [HYP] they are as short as a few hours in the night.