Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn away my eyes from looking at [what is] worthless; revive me in your ways.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Holman Bible
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.
International Standard Version
Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.
A Conservative Version
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.
American Standard Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Amplified
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Bible in Basic English
Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Darby Translation
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
Julia Smith Translation
Cause mine eyes to pass from seeing vanity; make me live in thy way.
King James 2000
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive me in your way.
Modern King James verseion
Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
NET Bible
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
New Heart English Bible
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
The Emphasized Bible
Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
Webster
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive thou me in thy way.
World English Bible
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Themes
Earthly » Vision a source of temptation » To achan
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Vanity » Saints » Pray to be kept from
Vision » Of Christ, full of compassion » The danger of the misuse of
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 119:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
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36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to [dishonest] gain. 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at [what is] worthless; revive me in your ways. 38 Fulfill your word to your servant, which [is] to [bring about] a reverence for you.
Cross References
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.
Psalm 119:25
My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.
Proverbs 23:5
Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens.
Numbers 15:39
You will have a tassel {for you to look at} and remember all the commands of Yahweh and do them, and not follow {after the unfaithfulness of your own heart and eyes},
Joshua 7:21
I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold [that] weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They [are] hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver [is] under it."
2 Samuel 11:2
It happened {late one afternoon} [that] David got up from his bed and walked about on the roof of the king's house, and he saw a woman bathing on her roof. Now the woman {was very beautiful}.
Job 31:1
"I made a covenant with my eyes, so how could I look closely upon a virgin?
Psalm 71:20
You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
Psalm 119:40
Look, I have longed for your precepts; revive me in your righteousness.
Proverbs 4:25
May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
1 John 2:16
because everything [that is] in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.