Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust.

New American Standard Bible

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.

King James Version

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

Holman Bible

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
I have buried my strength in the dust.

International Standard Version

"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.

A Conservative Version

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

American Standard Version

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Amplified


“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.

Bible in Basic English

I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

Darby Translation

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.

Julia Smith Translation

I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.

King James 2000

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and laid my strength in the dust.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and I have inserted {my pride} in the dust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust.

NET Bible

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

New Heart English Bible

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

The Emphasized Bible

Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled - in the dust - my horn:

Webster

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

World English Bible

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

Youngs Literal Translation

Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּפר 
Taphar 
sew
Usage: 4

שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

upon my skin
גּלר 
Geled 
Usage: 1

my horn
קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Everything Was Going Well

14 He breaks me with break on break; He runs on me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust. 16 My face is reddened from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;



Cross References

Psalm 7:5

let the enemy persecute my soul and take it; yea, let him trample down my life on the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

Psalm 75:10

Also I will cut off all the horns of the wicked; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Genesis 37:34

And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

1 Samuel 2:10

The foes of Jehovah shall be broken to pieces. He thunders in the heavens upon them. Jehovah shall judge the ends of the earth. And He shall give strength to His king, and exalts the horn of His anointed.

1 Kings 21:27

And it happened when Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and walked softly.

Job 30:19

He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Psalm 75:5

do not lift up your horn on high; nor speak with a stiff neck.

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

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