Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
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.
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.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
4 For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me. 5 Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly. 6 I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
Cross References
Psalm 32:3
When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
Psalm 38:7
For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
Psalm 69:5
O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.
Isaiah 1:5-6
Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart is sick.
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?