Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

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 went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
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.

Amplified


I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for 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.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Victory

13 But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. 14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

Cross References

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

2 Samuel 1:11-12

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 1:17-27

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

Psalm 38:6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

Luke 19:41-42

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

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