I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
Parallel translations
- KJV I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
- BSB I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- NKJV I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
- NASB “I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
- NLT I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
- Ps 43:2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Ps 42:9I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
- Job 19:7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Isa 53:3–4He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
- Lam 3:1–3I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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