Parallel Verses

NET Bible

I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

New American Standard Bible

My knees are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

King James Version

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Holman Bible

My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.

International Standard Version

My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil.

A Conservative Version

My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails of fatness.

American Standard Version

My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

Amplified


My knees are unsteady from fasting;
And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

Bible in Basic English

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

Darby Translation

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

Julia Smith Translation

My knees were weak from fasting, and my flesh failed from fatness.

King James 2000

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh lacks fatness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My knees {buckle} from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat.

Modern King James verseion

My knees stumble from fasting; and my flesh is losing its fatness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is dried up for want of fatness.

New Heart English Bible

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

The Emphasized Bible

My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:

Webster

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

World English Bible

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

Youngs Literal Translation

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Prayer Against An Enemy

23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones. 25 I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.


Cross References

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

Job 19:20

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 22:14

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

Psalm 35:13-14

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

Psalm 38:5-8

My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

Psalm 69:10

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

Psalm 102:4-5

My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

Matthew 4:2

After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

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