I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
Parallel translations
- KJV I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
- BSB I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
- ESV I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.”
- NKJV I was on the verge of total ruin, In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
- NASB “I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
- NLT I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- 2 Pet 2:10–18but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
- 1 Cor 10:6–8Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
- Num 25:1–6Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
- Hos 4:11–14Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Jude 1:7–13Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
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