Psalms 69:20
What does Psalms 69:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 69:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
- Matthew 26:37
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.
- Psalms 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
- Job 16:2
I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.
- Mark 14:37
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?
- Mark 14:50
And they all left him, and fled.
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