Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.

King James Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Holman Bible

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.

International Standard Version

Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

A Conservative Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

American Standard Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

Amplified


Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

Bible in Basic English

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

Darby Translation

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.

Julia Smith Translation

Before I shall be humbled I go astray: and now I watched thy word.

King James 2000

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word.

Modern King James verseion

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Before I was troubled, I went wrong, but now I keep thy word.

NET Bible

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

New Heart English Bible

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

The Emphasized Bible

Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

Webster

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

World English Bible

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Youngs Literal Translation

Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Context Readings

Teth

66 which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18-19

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast afflicted me, and I was chastised as an indomitable bullock: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun (the upright one) waxed fat and kicked; (thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou hast covered thyself) and forsook the God who made him and lightly esteemed the strong One of his saving health.

2 Samuel 10:19

And when all the kings that were slaves to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the sons of Ammon any more.

2 Samuel 11:2-27

And it came to pass one evening, that David arose from off his bed and walked upon the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

2 Chronicles 33:9-13

So Manasseh deceived Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do more evil than the Gentiles, whom the LORD had destroyed before the sons of Israel.

Psalm 73:5-28

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.

Proverbs 1:32

For the rest of the ignorant shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Jeremiah 22:21

I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity, but thou didst say, I will not hear. This has been thy way from thy youth, that thou hast never heard my voice.

Hosea 2:6-7

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and make a wall that she shall not find her paths.

Hosea 5:15-1

I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.

Hebrews 12:5-11

And ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him:

Revelation 3:10

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the entire world, to try those that dwell upon the earth.

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