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 fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper. 24 My knees are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and shake their heads.

Cross References

Hebrews 12:12

Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.

Job 19:20

My bones cling to my skin. I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth (with almost nothing).

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long.

Psalm 35:13-14

But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered.

Psalm 38:5-8

My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.

Psalm 69:10

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

Psalm 102:4-5

My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread.

Matthew 4:2

He fasted forty days and nights, and was very hungry.

2 Corinthians 11:27

In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.

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