“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
Parallel translations
- KJV An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
- BSB “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
- NKJV “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
- NASB “A wicked thing is poured out upon him, So that when he lies down, he will not get up again.”
- NLT “He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!”
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 71:11saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
- Matt 27:41–46Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
- Luke 13:16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
- Job 2:7–8So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
- Ps 38:3–7There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
- Matt 27:63–64saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Ps 3:2Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
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