Parallel Verses
Amplified
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Holman Bible
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.
International Standard Version
I paced about as for my friend or my brother, and fell down mourning as one weeps for one's mother.
A Conservative Version
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.
American Standard Version
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
Bible in Basic English
My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
Darby Translation
I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.
Julia Smith Translation
As a friend, as a brother to me: I went about as mourning a mother: being darkened, I bowed down.
King James 2000
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning.
Modern King James verseion
As a friend, as to my brother, I walked; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down, mourning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
NET Bible
I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
New Heart English Bible
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
The Emphasized Bible
Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own, I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother, I gloomily bowed myself down.
Webster
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
World English Bible
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
Youngs Literal Translation
As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.
Themes
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » David
Friends » False friends » David's friends were false to david
Good for evil » Returning » David, to his enemies
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David's companions to david
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Human, examples of
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 35:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Victory
13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
Cross References
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah [in marriage], and she became his wife, and he loved her; therefore Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
2 Samuel 1:11-12
Then David grasped his own clothes and tore them [in mourning]; so did all the men who were with him.
2 Samuel 1:17-27
Then David sang this dirge (funeral song) over Saul and his son Jonathan,
Psalm 38:6
I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go about mourning all day long.
Luke 19:41-42
As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],