Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.

King James Version

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Holman Bible

I am a stranger on earth;
do not hide Your commands from me.

International Standard Version

Since I am a stranger on the earth, do not hide your commands from me.

A Conservative Version

I am a sojourner in the earth. Hide not thy commandments from me.

American Standard Version

I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.

Amplified


I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.

Bible in Basic English

I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.

Darby Translation

I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.

Julia Smith Translation

I am a stranger in the earth, thou wilt not hide thy commands from me.

King James 2000

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I [am] a sojourner on the earth; do not hide your commands from me.

Modern King James verseion

I am a stranger in the earth; do not hide Your Commandments from me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I am a stranger upon earth; O hide not thy commandments from me.

NET Bible

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

New Heart English Bible

I am a stranger on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.

The Emphasized Bible

A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.

Webster

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

World English Bible

I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.

Youngs Literal Translation

A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Gimel

18 Open my eyes that I may observe wonderful things from your law. 19 I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 I am crushed and long for your ordinances at all times.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15

You know, O Jehovah that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah. Open your ear (listen) to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my fathers.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered: My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.

2 Corinthians 5:6

We are always confident for we know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.

Job 39:17

This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding.

Psalm 119:10

With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments.

Isaiah 63:17

O Jehovah, why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to respect you? Return for the sake of your servants. They are the tribes that belong to you.

Luke 9:45

They did not understand what he said. The meaning was concealed from them. They could not comprehend it. And they were afraid to ask him about it.

Luke 24:45

He opened their minds that they might understand the scriptures.

Hebrews 11:13-16

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar. They confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I request that you as aliens and strangers abstain from fleshly lust (desires), which causes conflict in you.

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