Psalms 38:6
What does Psalms 38:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 38:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I have been bent down, I have been bowed down--unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 31:10
For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
- Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallowora crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
- Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
- Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah
- Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Job 30:28
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
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