Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I stay awake;
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

New American Standard Bible

I lie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

King James Version

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

International Standard Version

I lie awake, yet I am like a bird isolated on a rooftop.

A Conservative Version

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone upon the house-top.

American Standard Version

I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

Amplified


I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning],
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

Darby Translation

I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

Julia Smith Translation

I watched and I shall be as the sparrow being alone upon the roof

King James 2000

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I lie awake and I am like a lone bird on a roof.

Modern King James verseion

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I watch, and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the housetop.

NET Bible

I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

New Heart English Bible

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

The Emphasized Bible

I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop.

Webster

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

World English Bible

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

6 I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I stay awake;
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
8 My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and curse me.

Cross References

Psalm 77:4

You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.

Psalm 38:11

My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.

Deuteronomy 28:66-67

Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread night and day, never certain of survival.

Job 7:13-16

When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.

Psalm 130:6

I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.

Lamentations 3:28-30

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.

Mark 14:33-37

He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.

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