Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I composed my soul until morning.
Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones,
From day until night You make an end of me.

King James Version

I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Holman Bible

I thought until the morning:
He will break all my bones like a lion;
You make an end of me day and night.

International Standard Version

I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones day and night you make an end of me.

A Conservative Version

I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me.

American Standard Version

I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Amplified


“I lay down until morning.
Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You bring me to an end.

Bible in Basic English

I am crying out with pain till the morning; it is as if a lion was crushing all my bones.

Darby Translation

I kept still until the morning; ... as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Julia Smith Translation

I set till the morning, as the lion thus will he break all my bones: from the day even to the night thou wilt finish me.

King James 2000

I considered till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night will you make an end of me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I lie down until morning; like lion, so he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.

Modern King James verseion

I place Him before me until morning, that, as a lion, so He breaks all my bones; from day even until night You make an end of me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I thought I would have lived unto the morrow, but he bruised my bones like a lion, and made an end of me in one day.

NET Bible

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

New Heart English Bible

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

The Emphasized Bible

I cried out, until morning, like a lion, Thus, will he break all my bones! From day until night, Thou wilt finish me!

Webster

I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

World English Bible

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have set Him till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוה 
Shavah 
Usage: 21

בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

that, as a lion
אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

so will he break
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

all my bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

even to night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

References

Context Readings

Hezekiah's Illness

12 “Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a weaver I rolled up my life.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
13 “I composed my soul until morning.
Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones,
From day until night You make an end of me.
14 Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Daniel 6:24

The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they cast them, their children and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

1 Kings 13:24-26

Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.

1 Kings 20:36

Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him.

Job 10:16-17

‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.

Job 16:12-14

“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

Psalm 39:10

Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

Psalm 50:22

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

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