Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
My wounds start to stink; they rot 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.
King James 2000
My wounds are foul and are corrupt 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 have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness. 6 I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.
Cross References
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silent, my bones were worn out due to my groaning all the day.
Psalm 38:7
For my loins are full [of] burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalm 69:5
O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you.
Isaiah 1:5-6
Why do you want to be beaten again? You continue [in] rebellion. [The] whole of [the] head [is] sick, and [the] whole of [the] heart [is] faint.
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no healer there? Why, then, has the healing of the daughter of my people not been restored?