Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
New American Standard Bible
And my sin is ever before me.
King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Holman Bible
and my sin is always before me.
International Standard Version
For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me.
American Standard Version
For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
Amplified
For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.
Bible in Basic English
For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
Darby Translation
For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
Julia Smith Translation
For I shall know my transgression, and my sin is always before me.
King James 2000
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For {I myself know} my transgressions, and my sin [is] ever before me.
Modern King James verseion
For I confess my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.
NET Bible
For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.
New Heart English Bible
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
The Emphasized Bible
For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually:
Webster
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
World English Bible
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
Youngs Literal Translation
For my transgressions I do know, And my sin is before me continually.
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to confession of sin
Confession of sin » Examples of personal » David
Confession of sin » Should be full and unreserved
Conviction of sin » Conviction of sin results of » Misery
Homicide » David's repentance for, and confession of, the murder of uriah
Prayer » Penitential » Of david
Sin » Examples of personal » David
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 51:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, that thou may be justified when thou speak, and {may prevail (LXX/NT)} when thou {are criticized (LXX/NT)}.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to LORD, and thou forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
Leviticus 26:40-41
And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,
Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Job 33:27
He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
Psalm 38:18
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalm 40:12
for innumerable evils have encompassed me around. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.
Luke 15:18-21
After rising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight.