Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.

King James Version

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

Holman Bible

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
I have buried my strength in the dust.

International Standard Version

"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.

A Conservative Version

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

American Standard Version

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Amplified


“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.

Bible in Basic English

I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

Darby Translation

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.

Julia Smith Translation

I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.

King James 2000

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and laid my strength in the dust.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and I have inserted {my pride} in the dust.

Modern King James verseion

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust.

NET Bible

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

New Heart English Bible

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

The Emphasized Bible

Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled - in the dust - my horn:

Webster

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

World English Bible

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

Youngs Literal Translation

Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּפר 
Taphar 
sew
Usage: 4

שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

upon my skin
גּלר 
Geled 
Usage: 1

my horn
קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Everything Was Going Well

14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior. 15 “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness,

Cross References

Psalm 7:5

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Psalm 75:10

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

1 Samuel 2:10

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."

1 Kings 21:27

And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.

Job 30:19

God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Psalm 75:5

do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.'"

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

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