For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
- BSB Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- NKJV For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
- NASB Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- NLT I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke, but I have not forgotten to obey your decrees.
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Cross-references · 6
- Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
- Ps 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
- Ps 102:3–4For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.
- Ps 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
- Ps 119:61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
- Ps 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
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