Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They could only whisper a prayer,
Your chastening was upon them.

King James Version

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Holman Bible

Lord, they went to You in their distress;
they poured out whispered prayers
because Your discipline fell on them.

International Standard Version

LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.

A Conservative Version

LORD, in trouble they have visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.

American Standard Version

Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Amplified


O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They managed only a prayerful whisper
When Your discipline was upon them.

Bible in Basic English

Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.

Darby Translation

Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Julia Smith Translation

O Jehovah, in straits they looked after thee; they poured out a whispering thy correction to them.

King James 2000

LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh, in distress they have visited you; they poured out an {incantation}; your discipline [was] on them.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah, in trouble they have visited You; they poured out a prayer; Your chastening was on them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out their prayer while thy chastening was upon them.

NET Bible

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

New Heart English Bible

LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

The Emphasized Bible

O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee, - They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.

Webster

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

World English Bible

Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Youngs Literal Translation

O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement is on them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in trouble
צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 3

a prayer
לחשׁ 
Lachash 
Usage: 5

Context Readings

Yahweh's People Vindicated

15 You have enlarged the nation, O Jehovah; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself. You have extended all the borders of the land. 16 O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They could only whisper a prayer,
Your chastening was upon them.
17 Like a woman with child and about to give birth struggles and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O Jehovah.

Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek me. They will seek me earnestly in their affliction.

Deuteronomy 4:29-30

From there you will seek Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your being. And you will find him!

Judges 10:9-10

The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was greatly distressed.

1 Samuel 1:15

No, I am not drunk, she answered. I have not been drinking! I am desperate. I have prayed and poured out my troubles to Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 6:37-38

If they come to their senses, are sorry for what they've done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying: We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

When he experienced distress, he begged Jehovah his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.

Psalm 42:4

I remember these things and I pour out my heart within me. I used to go along with the crowd and lead them in procession to the house of God, with the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.

Psalm 77:1-2

([Psalm of Asaph]) My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and he listened to me.

Psalm 91:15

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will deliver you and honor you.

Psalm 142:2

I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles.

Isaiah 37:3

They said to him: Hezekiah says: 'This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection. Children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.

Jeremiah 22:23

You who dwell in Lebanon nested in the cedars. How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!

Lamentations 2:19

Rise up! Cry out in the night at the beginning of the night watches. Let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down starving in every street.

Hosea 7:14

And they do not cry to me from their heart when they wail on their beds. For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble, but they turn away from me.

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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