Parallel Verses
Amplified
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
New American Standard Bible
I have become like a man
King James Version
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Holman Bible
I am like a man without strength,
International Standard Version
I am considered as one of those descending into the Pit, like a mighty man without strength,
A Conservative Version
I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit. I am as a man who has no help,
American Standard Version
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
Bible in Basic English
I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:
Darby Translation
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Julia Smith Translation
I was reckoned with those going down to the pit: I was as a man of no strength:
King James 2000
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am reckoned with [those] descending to [the] pit. I am like a man without strength,
Modern King James verseion
I am counted with those who go down to the Pit; I am like a feeble man;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, and I am even as a man that hath no strength;
NET Bible
They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
New Heart English Bible
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
The Emphasized Bible
I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
Webster
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
World English Bible
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
Youngs Literal Translation
I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
3
For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
Like the slain who lie in a [nameless] grave,
Whom You no longer remember,
And they are cut off from Your hand.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 28:1
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).
Job 17:1
The grave is ready for me.
Psalm 30:9
“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
Psalm 109:22-24
For I am suffering and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
Isaiah 38:17-18
“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;
But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Ezekiel 26:20
then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit (the place of the dead), to the people of old, and I will make you [Tyre] live in the depths of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory and splendor in the land of the living.
Jonah 2:6
“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.
Romans 5:6
While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the sentence of death [and were convinced that we would die, but this happened] so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For even though He was crucified in weakness [yielding Himself], yet He lives [resurrected] by the power of God [His Father]. For we too are weak in Him [as He was humanly weak], yet we are alive and well [in fellowship] with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.