Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?

King James Version

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Holman Bible

Am I the sea or a sea monster,
that You keep me under guard?

International Standard Version

Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you keep watching me?

A Conservative Version

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?

American Standard Version

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

Amplified


“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?

Bible in Basic English

Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

Darby Translation

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

Julia Smith Translation

Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me?

King James 2000

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you set a watch over me?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

Modern King James verseion

Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?

NET Bible

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

New Heart English Bible

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

The Emphasized Bible

Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, - That thou shouldst set over me a watch?

Webster

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

World English Bible

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

Youngs Literal Translation

A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Am I a sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

or a whale
תּנּים תּנּין 
Tanniyn 
Usage: 23

that thou settest
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

a watch
משׁמר 
Mishmar 
Usage: 22

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Don'T Forget!

11 Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 “Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;



Cross References

Job 7:17

What is man that thou should magnify him and that thou should set thine heart upon him

Job 38:6-11

Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone;

Job 41:1-34

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

Lamentations 3:7

Gimel He has hedged me about that I cannot get out; he has made my chain heavy.

Ezekiel 32:2-3

Son of man, raise up lamentations upon Pharaoh king of Egypt and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as the whale in the seas, that dost dry up thy rivers, and trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their streams.

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