Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.
New American Standard Bible
And I am like a
King James Version
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Holman Bible
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.
International Standard Version
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.
A Conservative Version
But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
American Standard Version
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Amplified
But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
Darby Translation
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
And they seeking my soul will lay snares: and they seeking my evil spake mischief, and they will meditate deceits all the day,
King James 2000
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.
Modern King James verseion
But like a deaf one, I do not hear; and I am like a dumb one who opens not his mouth.
NET Bible
But I am like a deaf man -- I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.
New Heart English Bible
But I, as a deaf man, do not hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, - and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
Webster
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
World English Bible
But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth. 14 I am become as a man that heareth not: and that can make no resistance with his mouth.
Cross References
Psalm 39:2
I held my tongue; I was dumb. I kept silence, yea even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me.
Psalm 39:9
I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.
Isaiah 53:7
He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth.
1 Peter 2:23
which when he was reviled, reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that judgeth righteously,
2 Samuel 16:10-12
And the king said, "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Let him curse: for the LORD hath bid him curse David. And who dare presume to say wherefore doth he so?"