Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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.

Holman Bible

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

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.

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

6 I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land. 7 I lie awake, yet I am like a bird isolated on a rooftop. 8 My enemies revile me all day long; those who ridicule me use my name to curse.


Cross References

Psalm 77:4

You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.

Psalm 38:11

As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

Deuteronomy 28:66-67

You'll cling to life, being fearful by both night and day, with no assurance of survival.

Job 7:13-16

For I've said, "My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.

Psalm 130:6

My soul looks to the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning more, indeed, than watchmen for the morning.

Lamentations 3:28-30

He is to sit apart and remain silent, because the LORD has laid it upon him.

Mark 14:33-37

He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.

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