Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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 Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable. 67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions. 68 You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18-19

I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

2 Samuel 10:19

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 11:2-27

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.

2 Chronicles 33:9-13

But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

Psalm 73:5-28

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

Psalm 119:176

I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Jeremiah 22:21

While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, "I refuse to listen to you." That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

Hosea 2:6-7

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

Hosea 5:15-1

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Hebrews 12:5-11

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

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