Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn away my eyes from looking at [what is] worthless; revive me in your ways.
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.
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 Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly. 37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word! 38 Confirm to your servant your promise, which you made to the one who honors you.
Cross References
Isaiah 33:15
The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others --
Psalm 119:25
(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!
Proverbs 23:5
When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Numbers 15:39
You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness.
Joshua 7:21
I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
Job 31:1
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
Psalm 71:20
Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!
Psalm 119:40
Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!
Proverbs 4:25
Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
1 John 2:16
because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.