Parallel Verses

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.

International Standard Version

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

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 passing like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like the locust.
24 My knees are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a reproach to them;
When they see me, they wag their head.


Cross References

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

Job 19:20

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 22:14

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

Psalm 32:3-4

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

Psalm 35:13-14

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

Psalm 38:5-8

My wounds grow foul and fester
Because of my folly.

Psalm 69:10

When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.

Psalm 102:4-5

My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away,
Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

Matthew 4:2

And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

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