Psalms 39:12
What does Psalms 39:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 39:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And <FI>to<Fi> my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I <FI>am<Fi> with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Peter 1:17
And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
- 2 Kings 20:5
Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah.
- Psalms 119:19
I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
- Psalms 116:3
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Leviticus 25:23
And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
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