Parallel Verses
Amplified
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Holman Bible
and mingle my drinks with tears
International Standard Version
I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears
A Conservative Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
American Standard Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Darby Translation
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Julia Smith Translation
For I ate ashes as bread, and I mingled my drink with weeping.
King James 2000
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, I eat ashes like bread and mix my drink with tears
Modern King James verseion
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I eat ashes with my bread, and mingle my drink with weeping,
NET Bible
For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
New Heart English Bible
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
The Emphasized Bible
For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;
Webster
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
World English Bible
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
Youngs Literal Translation
Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
Themes
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
Cup » Cup of suffering, saints drink of
cup of Suffering » Saints drink of
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affliction In Light Of Eternity
8
My enemies taunt me all day long;
Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.
Cross References
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalm 80:5
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
Job 3:24
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
Psalm 69:21
They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Isaiah 44:20
That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
Lamentations 3:15-16
He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
Lamentations 3:48-49
My eyes overflow with streams of tears
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
Micah 1:10
Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles];
In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].
Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
Like crawling things of the earth
They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places.
They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God
And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O Lord].