Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'
New American Standard Bible
Then He *said to them,
King James Version
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Holman Bible
Then He said to them,
International Standard Version
Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."
A Conservative Version
Then Jesus says to them, My soul is deeply grieved, as far as of death. Remain ye here and watch with me.
American Standard Version
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.
Amplified
Then He said to them,
An Understandable Version
Then He said to them, "My soul is extremely grieved, even to [the point where I could] die. Stay here and be alert with me [i.e., in prayer]."
Anderson New Testament
Then Jesus said to them: My soul is encompassed with sorrow even to death; remain here, and watch with me.
Bible in Basic English
Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.
Common New Testament
Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he said to them, "my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:" stay here and watch by me.
Darby Translation
Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.
Godbey New Testament
Then He says to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: abide here, and pray with me.
Goodspeed New Testament
Then he said to them, "My heart is almost breaking. You must stay here and keep watch with me."
John Wesley New Testament
Then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Julia Smith Translation
Then says he to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch ye with me.
King James 2000
Then said he unto them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: tarry you here, and watch with me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."
Modern King James verseion
Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Wait here and watch with Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me."
Moffatt New Testament
he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."
Montgomery New Testament
and he said to them. "My soul is an anguish, even unto death! Stay here, and keep watch with me."
NET Bible
Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."
New Heart English Bible
Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
Noyes New Testament
Then he saith to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.
Sawyer New Testament
Then he said to them, My soul is sorrowful even to death; remain here and watch with me.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, saith he unto them: Encompassed with grief, is my soul, unto death: Abide ye here, and be watching with me.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then saith he to them. My soul is exceeding sorrowful even to death: abide here, and watch with me.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"I am sad at heart," he said, "sad even to death; wait here and watch with me."
Webster
Then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Weymouth New Testament
and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me."
Williams New Testament
Then He said to them, "My heart is breaking, it almost kills me! You must stay here and keep watching with me."
World English Bible
Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
Worrell New Testament
Then saith He to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful even unto death! Abide ye here, and watch with Me."
Worsley New Testament
and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death, stay here and watch with me.
Themes
Gethsemane » Jesus betrayed in
the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Having a human soul
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Submitting to sufferings
Jesus Christ » History of » Retires to gethsemane (on the mount of olives)
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 26:38
Prayers for Matthew 26:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prayer In Gethsemane
37 And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy; 38 then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.' 39 And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 12:27
Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say -- Father, save me from this hour? -- but because of this I came to this hour;
Job 6:2-4
O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
Psalm 88:1-7
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
Psalm 88:14-16
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
Psalm 116:3
Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:10
And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.
Matthew 25:13
'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
Matthew 26:40-41
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!
Romans 8:32
He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?
2 Corinthians 5:21
for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
Galatians 3:13
Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'
1 Peter 2:24
who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,
1 Peter 3:18
because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 4:7
And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,