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Psalms 69:11

Psalms chapter 69 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

Context

v.10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

v.11This passage

v.12They that sit in the gate talk of me; AndI amthe song of the drunkards.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joel 1:8

    Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

  • Isaiah 20:2

    at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

  • Psalms 44:13

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • Job 17:6

    But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

  • Joel 1:13

    Gird yourselveswith sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.