When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
Parallel translations
- KJV When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
- BSB I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
- NKJV When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.
- NASB When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my disgrace.
- NLT When I weep and fast, they scoff at me.
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Cross-references · 4
- Luke 7:33–34For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
- Ps 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- Ps 102:8–9My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
- Ps 109:24–25My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
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