Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Before I depart and am no more.”
King James Version
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Holman Bible
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”
International Standard Version
Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
A Conservative Version
O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.
American Standard Version
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
Amplified
“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”
Bible in Basic English
Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.
Darby Translation
Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
Julia Smith Translation
Look away from me, and I shall be cheerful, before I shall go and I not be.
King James 2000
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and be no more.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.
Modern King James verseion
Look away from me, and I will smile before I go away and be no more.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O spare me a little that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen."
NET Bible
Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
New Heart English Bible
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."
The Emphasized Bible
Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.
Webster
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
World English Bible
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Youngs Literal Translation
Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 39:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fleeting Nature Of Life
12
"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
13
Before I depart and am no more.”
Phrases
Cross References
Job 10:20-21
Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Job 14:10-12
But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and he was not,for God took him.
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me."
Job 7:19
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
Job 14:5-6
Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,