Psalms 120:5
What does Psalms 120:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 120:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
KJV
King James Version · 1611Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
- Micah 7:1
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.
- 2 Peter 2:7
and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked
- Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
- Genesis 25:13
and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
- Jeremiah 9:6
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
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