My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
Parallel translations
- KJV Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- BSB My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- NKJV My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.
- NASB My eye has wasted away with grief; It has grown old because of all my enemies.
- NLT My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Job 17:7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
- Ps 38:10My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
- Lam 5:17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
- Ps 88:9My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
- Ps 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- Ps 31:9–10Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
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