Psalms 38:2
What does Psalms 38:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 38:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
- Psalms 21:12
For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
- 1 Samuel 6:9
And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
- Ruth 1:13
would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.
- Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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