Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be put to confusion, and put to silence in the grave.

New American Standard Bible

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

King James Version

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Holman Bible

Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.

International Standard Version

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

A Conservative Version

Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol.

American Standard Version

Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Amplified


Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on You;
Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Bible in Basic English

Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

Darby Translation

Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

Julia Smith Translation

O Jehovah, I shall not be ashamed, for I called upon thee: the unjust shall be ashamed and they shall be destroyed to hades.

King James 2000

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them [go] silently to Sheol.

Modern King James verseion

Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called on You; Let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in the grave.

NET Bible

O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

New Heart English Bible

Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

The Emphasized Bible

O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless ha ashamed, go down in silence to hades!

Webster

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

World English Bible

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

Youngs Literal Translation

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

References

Easton

Context Readings

A Plea For Protection

16 Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, and save me for thy mercy's sake. 17 Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be put to confusion, and put to silence in the grave. 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 115:17

The dead praise not thee, O LORD, neither all they that go down into silence.

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his saints but the wicked shall keep silence in darkness. For in his own might shall no man be strong.

Psalm 25:2-3

My God, I have put my trust in thee. O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

Psalm 6:10

All mine enemies shall be confounded and sore vexed; they shall be turned back and put to shame suddenly.

Psalm 31:1

{To the Chanter, A Psalm of David} In thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 34:5

They had an eye unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed.

Psalm 35:4

Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me.

Psalm 35:26

Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.

Psalm 40:14-15

Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil.

Psalm 69:6-7

Let not them that trust in thee, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee, be confounded through me, O LORD God of Israel.

Psalm 70:2-3

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward, and put to confusion that wish me evil.

Psalm 71:24

My tongue talketh of thy righteousness, all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Psalm 83:16-17

Make their faces ashamed, O LORD, that they may seek thy name.

Psalm 94:17

If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.

Isaiah 41:11-12

Behold, all they that resist thee, shall come to confusion and shame: and thine adversaries shall be destroyed and brought to naught.

Isaiah 45:16-17

Confounded be ye, and put to dishonour: go hence together with shame, all ye that be workmasters of error: that is, worshipers of Idols.

Isaiah 50:6-7

But I offer my back unto the smiters, and my cheeks to the nippers. I turn not my face from shame and spitting,

Isaiah 65:13-14

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.

Jeremiah 20:11

But the LORD stood by me, like a mighty giant: therefore my persecutors fell, and could do nothing. They shall be sore confounded, for they have done unwisely, they shall have an everlasting shame.

Daniel 12:2

Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.

Joel 2:26-27

And ye shall eat and have enough and praise the name of the LORD your God, which hath wrought wonders with you. And my people shall not be in shame forever.

Matthew 22:12-13

and said unto him, 'Friend, how fortuned it that thou camest in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment?' And he was even speechless.

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