Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

King James Version

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Holman Bible

Because of You we are slain all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

International Standard Version

For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.

A Conservative Version

Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

American Standard Version

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Amplified


But for Your sake we are killed all the day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

Darby Translation

But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

Julia Smith Translation

For, for thee we were killed all the day; we were reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

King James 2000

Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Rather, on account of you we are killed {all day long}; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.

Modern King James verseion

Yea, for Your sake we are put to death all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For thy sake also we are killed all the day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.

NET Bible

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

New Heart English Bible

Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.

Webster

Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

World English Bible

Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

Youngs Literal Translation

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Israel's Complaint

21 would God not find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts? 22 But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Jehovah? Awake! Do not reject us forever!

Cross References

Romans 8:36

It is written: For your sake we are put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalm 44:22)

1 Samuel 22:17-19

The king said to the guards who were attending him: Turn around and kill the priests of Jehovah! They are also with David. They knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me. But the servants of the king were not willing to lift a hand to attack the priests of Jehovah.

1 Kings 19:10

He said: I have been zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement (covenant). They have destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life too.

Psalm 44:11

You give us over to be butchered like sheep and scatter us among the nations.

Psalm 79:2-3

They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed and afflicted and yet he did not open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He was silent like sheep ready to be sheared. He did not open his mouth.

Matthew 5:10-12

Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.

John 15:21

They will do all these things to you for my name's sake. It is because they do not know the one that sent me.

John 16:2-3

They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God.

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God has placed us apostles last as men appointed to death. We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Corinthians 15:30-31

Why do we stand in jeopardy (in danger) every hour?

Revelation 11:3-9

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Revelation 17:6

I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her I wondered greatly.

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