Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

King James Version

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Holman Bible

My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.

International Standard Version

My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.

A Conservative Version

My heart throbs, my strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

American Standard Version

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Amplified


My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;
And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

Darby Translation

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

Julia Smith Translation

O Jehovah, before thee all my desire, and my sighing was not hid from thee.

King James 2000

My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me.

Modern King James verseion

My heart pants; my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.

NET Bible

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

New Heart English Bible

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

The Emphasized Bible

My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:

Webster

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.

World English Bible

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

Youngs Literal Translation

My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

Context Readings

Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner

9 You know all my desires, O Jehovah. My groaning has not been hidden from you. 10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.
11 My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness.

Cross References

Psalm 6:7

My eyes grow weak with sorrow. I am weak because of all my foes.

Psalm 69:3

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

Psalm 88:9

My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer.

1 Samuel 14:27-29

Jonathan had not heard that his father forced the people to take an oath. So he stretched out the tip of the staff he had in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he put it to his mouth his eyes lit up.

Psalm 31:10

My life is spent from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under the weight of my guilt, and my bones waste away.

Psalm 42:1

([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God.

Psalm 119:81-83

I long for your salvation. I wait for your word.

Psalm 119:123

My eyes fail, for I long for your salvation and your righteous word.

Psalm 143:4-7

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me.

Isaiah 21:4

My innermost being reels, horror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes fail from weeping. I am in torment. My heart is pulled out of me to the ground because my people are destroyed. Because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

Lamentations 5:16-17

The crown has been taken from our head. Sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

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