Parallel Verses
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 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.
Julia Smith Translation
Looking upon the right hand, and seeing, and none caring for me: flight perished from me; none sought 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.
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 Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 4 Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life. 5 I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."
Names
Cross References
Psalm 31:11
Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.
Psalm 69:20
Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
Psalm 88:8
You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
Psalm 88:18
You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
1 Samuel 23:11-13
Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, please inform your servant!" Then the Lord said, "He will come down."
1 Samuel 23:19-20
Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?
1 Samuel 27:1
David thought to himself, "One of these days I'm going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand."
Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last."
Job 19:13-19
"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
Jeremiah 25:35
The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.
Jeremiah 30:17
Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for."
Matthew 26:56
But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it.