Psalms 32:4
What does Psalms 32:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 32:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. [Selah
KJV
King James Version · 1611For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. [Selah
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 102:3
For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
- Psalms 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
- 1 Samuel 5:9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.
- 1 Samuel 5:6
But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders thereof.
- Job 30:30
My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.
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