Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.
New American Standard Bible
For there is
King James Version
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Holman Bible
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.
International Standard Version
I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.
A Conservative Version
Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.
American Standard Version
Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.
Amplified
Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.
Bible in Basic English
Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Darby Translation
Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
Julia Smith Translation
Looking upon the right hand, and seeing, and none caring for me: flight perished from me; none sought for my soul
King James 2000
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
look to [my] right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me; no one cares for my soul.
Modern King James verseion
I looked on my right hand, and I watched, but no one recognized me; escape was lost to me; no man cared for my soul.
NET Bible
Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
New Heart English Bible
Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
The Emphasized Bible
Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.
Webster
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
World English Bible
Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
3 When my spirit is in heaviness, thou knowest my path: in the way wherein I walk have they privily laid a snare for me. 4 I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul. 5 Therefore do I cry unto thee, O LORD, and say, "Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living!"
Names
Cross References
Psalm 31:11
I am become a very reproof among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours. And they of mine own acquaintance are afraid of me; they that see me in the street, convey themselves from me.
Psalm 69:20
Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none.
Psalm 88:8
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth.
Psalm 88:18
My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.
1 Samuel 23:11-13
Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Or will Saul come as thy servant heareth say? LORD God of Israel, tell thy servant." And the LORD said, "He will come."
1 Samuel 23:19-20
Then came the Ziphites to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, "David hideth himself fast by us in strongholds that are in a thicket in the hill of Hachilah on the rightside of the wilderness.
1 Samuel 27:1
Then thought David in his heart, "I may perish, one day or other, by the hands of Saul. There is no better for me, than to flee into the land of the Philistines; that Saul, of very despair to find me, may cease to seek me anymore in all the coasts of Israel: for so I may escape his hand."
Job 11:20
As for the eyes of the ungodly, they shall be consumed, and not escape: their hope shall be misery and sorrow of mind."
Job 19:13-19
He hath put my brethren far away from me, and such as were of mine acquaintance, are become strangers unto me.
Jeremiah 25:35
The shepherds shall have no way to flee, and the rams of the flock shall not escape.
Jeremiah 30:17
For I will give thee thy health again and make thy wounds whole, sayeth the LORD: because they reviled thee, as one cast away and despised, O Zion.
Matthew 26:56
All this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answering for myself, no man assisted me, but all forsook me. I pray God, that it may not be laid to their charges: