Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God, - Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Holman Bible
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.
International Standard Version
Look at me! Answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes! Otherwise, I will sleep in death;
A Conservative Version
Consider [and] answer me, O LORD my God. Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the death,
American Standard Version
Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the'sleep of death;
Amplified
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
Bible in Basic English
Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
Darby Translation
Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Julia Smith Translation
How long shall I put counsels in my soul, grief in my heart the day? how long shall mine enemy rise up against me?
King James 2000
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Consider [and] answer me, O Yahweh my God. Give light to my eyes lest I sleep [the sleep of] death,
Modern King James verseion
Look! Answer me, O Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,
NET Bible
Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Webster
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
World English Bible
Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Youngs Literal Translation
Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 13:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Deliverance
2 How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me? 3 Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God, - Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death: 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter.
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Cross References
Ezra 9:8
And, now, for a very little moment, hath come favour from Yahweh our God, in leaving to us a remnant to escape, and in giving to us a nail in his holy place, - that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Jeremiah 51:39
When they are heated, I will spread their banquets, And let them drink that they may become uproarious, So shall they sleep an age-abiding sleep and not wake, - Declareth Yahweh.
1 Samuel 14:27
But, Jonathan, heard not his father putting the people on oath, so he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honey-copse, - and brought back his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were brightened.
1 Samuel 14:29
Then said Jonathan: My father hath afflicted the land, - See, I pray you, how my own eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
Psalm 5:1
To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
Psalm 18:28
For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
Psalm 119:153
[RESH] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.
Psalm 9:13
Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death;
Psalm 25:19
Behold my foes, for they abound, - and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.
Psalm 31:7
I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, - In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;
Jeremiah 51:57
Then will I make drunk - Her princes and her wise men, Her governors, and her deputies and her heroes, And they shall sleep an age-abiding sleep, and not wake, - Declareth the King, Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O Yahweh, what hath befallen us, Look around, and see our reproach:
Luke 2:32
A light for the unveiling of nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore it saith - Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.
Revelation 21:23
And, the city, hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine therein; for, the glory of God, illumined it, and, the lamp thereof, was the Lamb.