Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Looking upon the right hand, and seeing, and none caring for me: flight perished from me; none sought for my soul
New American Standard Bible
For there is
King James Version
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Holman Bible
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.
International Standard Version
I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.
A Conservative Version
Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.
American Standard Version
Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.
Amplified
Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.
Bible in Basic English
Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Darby Translation
Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
King James 2000
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
look to [my] right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me; no one cares for my soul.
Modern King James verseion
I looked on my right hand, and I watched, but no one recognized me; escape was lost to me; no man cared for my soul.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.
NET Bible
Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
New Heart English Bible
Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
The Emphasized Bible
Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.
Webster
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
World English Bible
Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
3 In my spirit languishing upon me, and thou knewest my beaten paths. In the way which I shall go they hid a snare for me. 4 Looking upon the right hand, and seeing, and none caring for me: flight perished from me; none sought for my soul 5 I cried to thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 31:11
From all mine enemies I was a reproach, and greatly to my neighbors, and a fear to those knowing me: they seeing me without fled from me.
Psalm 69:20
Reproach broke my heart, and I shall be ill at ease: and I shall hope for comforting, and none; and for those consoling, and I found not
Psalm 88:8
Thou didst remove far from me mine acquaintance; thou didst set me an abomination to them: I was shut up, and I shall not go forth.
Psalm 88:18
Thou didst remove far from me lover and friend, mine acquaintance into darkness.
1 Samuel 23:11-13
Will the lords of Keilah shut me up in his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant heard? Jehovah God of Israel, announce now to thy servant Jehovah will say, He will come down.
1 Samuel 23:19-20
And the Ziphites will go up to Saul to the hill, saying, Is not David hiding with us in the fastnesses in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is from the right of the desert?
1 Samuel 27:1
And David will say in his heart, Now shall I be added one day into the hand of Saul: nothing good to me but escaping, I will escape into the land of the rovers; and Saul despairing to seek me farther in all the bound of Israel: and I was saved out of his hand.
Job 11:20
And the eyes of the unjust shall be consumed, and flight shall perish from them, and their hope a breathing out of the soul.
Job 19:13-19
He removed my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance truly turned aside from me.
Jeremiah 25:35
And flight perished from the shepherds, and escaping from the chiefs of the flock.
Jeremiah 30:17
For I will bring up healing to thee, and I will heal thee of thy blows, says Jehovah: for they called to thee an outcast: This is Zion, none seeking for her.
Matthew 26:56
But this has been wholly that the writings of the prophets might be filled up. Then all the disciples, having left him, fled.
2 Timothy 4:16
In my first defence none was present with me, but all forsook me; (may it not be reckoned to them.)