Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.

King James Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Holman Bible

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.

International Standard Version

Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

A Conservative Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

American Standard Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

Amplified


Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

Bible in Basic English

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

Darby Translation

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.

Julia Smith Translation

Before I shall be humbled I go astray: and now I watched thy word.

King James 2000

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word.

Modern King James verseion

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Before I was troubled, I went wrong, but now I keep thy word.

NET Bible

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

New Heart English Bible

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

The Emphasized Bible

Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

Webster

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

World English Bible

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Youngs Literal Translation

Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Context Readings

Teth

66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.


Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18-19

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

2 Samuel 10:19

When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

2 Samuel 11:2-27

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

2 Chronicles 33:9-13

Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.

Psalm 73:5-28

They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.

Proverbs 1:32

“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Jeremiah 22:21

“I spoke to you in your prosperity;
But you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your practice from your youth,
That you have not obeyed My voice.

Hosea 2:6-7

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Hosea 5:15-1

I will go away and return to My place
Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Hebrews 12:5-11

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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