Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in 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;
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;
The Emphasized Bible
Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God, - Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into 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
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.
and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
Names
Cross References
Ezra 9:8
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from Yahweh our God to preserve a remnant
Jeremiah 51:39
and I will make them drunk so that they revel.
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
1 Samuel 14:27
However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb.
1 Samuel 14:29
Jonathan replied, “My father has brought trouble to the land.
Psalm 5:1
For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.
consider my sighing.
Psalm 18:28
my God illuminates my darkness.
Psalm 119:153
ר Resh
for I have not forgotten Your instruction.
Psalm 9:13
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalm 25:19
and they hate me violently.
Psalm 31:7
because You have seen my affliction.
You have known the troubles of my life
Jeremiah 51:57
along with her governors, officials, and warriors.
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
Lamentations 5:1
Look, and see our disgrace!
Luke 2:32
and glory to Your people Israel.
Ephesians 5:14
for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:
and the Messiah will shine on you.
Revelation 21:23
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.