Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
3 When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me. 4 Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul. 5 I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'
Names
Cross References
Psalm 31:11
Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me.
Psalm 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
Psalm 88:8
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.
Psalm 88:18
Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!
1 Samuel 23:11-13
Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.' And Jehovah saith, 'He doth come down.'
1 Samuel 23:19-20
And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desolate place?
1 Samuel 27:1
And David saith unto his heart, 'Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.'
Job 11:20
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!
Job 19:13-19
My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
Jeremiah 25:35
And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.
Jeremiah 30:17
For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For 'Outcast' they have called to thee, 'Zion it is, there is none seeking for her.'
Matthew 26:56
but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.
2 Timothy 4:16
in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)