Parallel Verses
King James 2000
My wounds are foul and are corrupt 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.
International Standard Version
My wounds have putrefied and festered 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.
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 For my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are foul and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Cross References
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 38:7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalm 69:5
O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you.
Isaiah 1:5-6
Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?