I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
Parallel translations
- KJV I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- BSB I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
- NKJV I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
- NASB I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.
- NLT I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Job 3:24For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
- Ps 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- Job 30:28I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- Isa 59:11We all roar like bears, and moan bitterly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
- Ps 22:1–2For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
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