Psalms 69:11
What does Psalms 69:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 69:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
Context
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.
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