Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil.

New American Standard Bible

My knees are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

King James Version

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Holman Bible

My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.

A Conservative Version

My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails of fatness.

American Standard Version

My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

Amplified


My knees are unsteady from fasting;
And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

Bible in Basic English

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

Darby Translation

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

Julia Smith Translation

My knees were weak from fasting, and my flesh failed from fatness.

King James 2000

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh lacks fatness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My knees {buckle} from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat.

Modern King James verseion

My knees stumble from fasting; and my flesh is losing its fatness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is dried up for want of fatness.

NET Bible

I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

New Heart English Bible

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

The Emphasized Bible

My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:

Webster

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

World English Bible

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

Youngs Literal Translation

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Prayer Against An Enemy

23 I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees give way from fasting, and my skin is lean, deprived of oil. 25 I have become an object of derision to them they shake their heads whenever they see me.

Cross References

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,

Job 19:20

I'm a pile of skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth."

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

Psalm 35:13-14

But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth, humbled myself with fasting, and prayed from my heart repeatedly for them.

Psalm 38:5-8

My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.

Psalm 69:10

I weep and fast, and I am mocked for it.

Psalm 102:4-5

Withered like grass, my heart is overwhelmed, and I have even forgotten to eat my food.

Matthew 4:2

After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally became hungry.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger, thirst, many periods of fasting, coldness, and nakedness.

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