Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.
New American Standard Bible
Because of
King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Holman Bible
because of my foolishness.
A Conservative Version
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
American Standard Version
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
Amplified
My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.
Darby Translation
My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Julia Smith Translation
For mine iniquities passed over my head: as a heavy lifting up they will be loaded above me.
King James 2000
My wounds are foul and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness.
Modern King James verseion
My wounds have putrefied and rotted, because of my foolishness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness.
NET Bible
My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.
New Heart English Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
The Emphasized Bible
My wounds are of bad odour - they have festered, by reason of my folly:
Webster
My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
World English Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
4 My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness. 6 I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.
Cross References
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.
Psalm 38:7
My insides are burning and my body is unhealthy.
Psalm 69:5
God, you know my sins, and my guilt is not hidden from you.
Isaiah 1:5-6
"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why is there no healing for my people?