Psalm 109:23

AMP

Psalm 109:23

Parallel Verses

Amplified

I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades;
I am shaken off like the locust.

New American Standard Bible

I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like the locust.

King James Version

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Holman Bible

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

International Standard Version

I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

A Conservative Version

I am gone like the shadow when it declines. I am tossed up and down as the locust.

American Standard Version

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Bible in Basic English

I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

Darby Translation

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

Julia Smith Translation

As the shadow according to its declining I was gone: I was shaken off as the locust.

King James 2000

I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am shaken off like the locust.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust.

Modern King James verseion

As a shadow when it is stretched out, I am gone; I am shaken off like the locust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I go hence like the shadow that departeth, and am driven away as the grasshopper.

NET Bible

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

New Heart English Bible

I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

The Emphasized Bible

As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;

Webster

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

World English Bible

I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

Youngs Literal Translation

As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

Topics

Shadows

Time Passing

References

American

Locust

Hastings

Locust

Prayer

Plagues of Egypt

Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 109:23

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 31007
Psalm Rank: 2386
2 Topics
9 Cross References
1 Reading
4 References

Context Readings

²²
For I am suffering and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
²³
I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades;
I am shaken off like the locust.
²⁴
My knees are unsteady from fasting;
And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

Cross References

Exodus 10:19

So the Lord shifted the wind to a violent west wind which lifted up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust remained within the border of Egypt.

Exodus 10:13

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; when it was morning, the east wind had brought the [swarms of] locusts.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].

Job 14:2

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Psalm 102:10-11

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

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