Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.

King James Version

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Holman Bible

My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.

International Standard Version

My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

A Conservative Version

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

American Standard Version

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Amplified


My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.

Bible in Basic English

My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

Darby Translation

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

Julia Smith Translation

My strength was dried up as the potsherd, and my tongue cleaving to my jaws; and thou wilt set me for the dust of death.

King James 2000

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue clings to my jaws; and you have brought me to the dust of death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking [to] my jaws; and you have placed me in [the] dust of death.

Modern King James verseion

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

NET Bible

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

New Heart English Bible

My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

The Emphasized Bible

Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.

Webster

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

World English Bible

My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

Youngs Literal Translation

Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

References

Morish

Watsons

Verse Info

Context Readings

From Suffering To Praise

14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak). 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.
16 Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet.


Cross References

John 19:28

He knew that it was over. In order that the scripture might be accomplished, he said: I thirst.

Psalm 104:29

You hide your face, and they are frightened. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

Job 29:10

The voices of princes were hushed. Their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

Psalm 69:21

They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart is good medicine but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great. He will divide the spoils with the strong. This is because he poured out his life unto death. He was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Genesis 3:19

You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah:

Job 7:21

Why not just pardon my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.

Job 10:9

Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?

Job 34:15

All flesh would perish and man would return to dust.

Psalm 30:9

What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your truth?

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long.

Psalm 38:10

My heart pounds. I have lost my strength. In my blindness the light of my eyes has left me.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink. The young children cry out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 27:50

Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:3

First of all, I delivered to you what I also received, how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.

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