Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

My eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.

King James Version

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Holman Bible

My eyes are swollen from grief;
they grow old because of all my enemies.

International Standard Version

My eyesight has faded because of grief, it has dimmed because of all my enemies.

A Conservative Version

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

American Standard Version

Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Amplified


My eye grows dim with grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.

Bible in Basic English

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

Darby Translation

Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.

Julia Smith Translation

Mine eye fell away from grief; it grew old among all mine enemies.

King James 2000

My eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My eye wastes away because of vexation; it grows old because of all my oppressors.

Modern King James verseion

My eye is dim because of grief; it wastes away because of all my enemies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away because of all mine enemies.

NET Bible

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

New Heart English Bible

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

The Emphasized Bible

My face, is all sunken with sorrow, - it hath aged, because of all mine adversaries.

Webster

My eye is consumed because of grief; it groweth old because of all my enemies.

World English Bible

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

Youngs Literal Translation

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

A Prayer For Mercy

6 I am worn out from groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 7 My eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.
8 Depart from me, all you who do evil. Jehovah hears my weeping.

Cross References

Job 17:7

My eyes are dim because of grief. My limbs are like a shadow.

Psalm 38:10

My heart pounds. I have lost my strength. In my blindness the light of my eyes has left me.

Psalm 88:9

My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer.

Lamentations 5:17

Because of this our hearts are feeble. For these things our eyes are dark.

Psalm 31:9-10

Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, because I am in distress. My eyes, my life, and my body waste away with grief.

Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long.

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