By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
Parallel translations
- KJV By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
- BSB Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
- NKJV Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin.
- NASB Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
- NLT Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Job 19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Prov 17:22A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Lam 4:8Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it has become like a stick.
- Ps 38:8–10I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
- Ps 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
- Ps 32:3–4When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- Ps 6:6I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
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