You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Parallel translations
- KJV My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
- BSB You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- NKJV You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.
- NASB You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.
- NLT You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.
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- Ps 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- Eccl 9:8Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
- Matt 6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
- Ps 104:15wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
- Ruth 3:3Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
- 2 Sam 14:2Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
- Dan 10:3I ate no pleasant bread, neither came meat nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- Mic 6:15You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
- Amos 6:6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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