Parallel Verses

World English Bible

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

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.

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 weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. 7 My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

Cross References

Job 17:7

My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

Psalm 38:10

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

Psalm 88:9

My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.

Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

Psalm 31:9-10

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

Psalm 32:3

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

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