Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
My
King James Version
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Holman Bible
I am like parched land before You.
International Standard Version
I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude
A Conservative Version
I spread forth my hands to thee. My soul [is] as a weary land for thee. Selah.
American Standard Version
I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah
Amplified
I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
Darby Translation
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.
King James 2000
I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul [longs] for you like a dry land. Selah
Modern King James verseion
I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. Selah.
NET Bible
I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
New Heart English Bible
I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
Webster
I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
World English Bible
I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
Themes
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » Spiritual thirst, examples of
hands » Laying on of » Lifted up
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
Topics
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 143:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Help
5
I remembered the days of old; I meditated on all thy works; I mused on the work of thy hands.
6
My
Names
Cross References
Psalm 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;
Job 11:13
If thou would prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Psalm 88:9
My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalm 42:1-2
As the hart pants after the water brooks, so does my soul pant after thee, O God.
Psalm 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
Psalm 84:2
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing to the living God.
Isaiah 26:8-9
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name and to the remembrance of thee.
Isaiah 35:7
The parched ground shall become a pool and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come unto me and drink.