Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

New American Standard Bible

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

King James Version

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Holman Bible

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
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;

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;

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Plea For Deliverance

2 Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me? 3 Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death, 4 Lest mine enemy say, 'I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

Cross References

Ezra 9:8

'And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

1 Samuel 14:27

And Jonathan hath not heard of his father's adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which is in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth -- and his eyes see!

1 Samuel 14:29

And Jonathan saith, 'My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

Psalm 5:1

To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

Psalm 18:28

For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

Psalm 119:153

Resh. See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.

Psalm 9:13

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 25:19

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

Psalm 31:7

I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not -- an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Lamentations 5:1

Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

Luke 2:32

a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

Ephesians 5:14

wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

Revelation 21:23

and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it is the Lamb;

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