Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I became
King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Holman Bible
and I was a joke to them.
International Standard Version
When I dressed in sackcloth, I became an object of gossip among them.
A Conservative Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
American Standard Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Amplified
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.
Bible in Basic English
When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.
Darby Translation
And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will give my clothing sackcloth, and I for a parable to them.
King James 2000
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became for them a byword.
Modern King James verseion
I also made sackcloth my clothing, and I became a proverb to them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me.
NET Bible
I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
New Heart English Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
The Emphasized Bible
When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;
Webster
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
World English Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
10
When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.
11
I became
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
Deuteronomy 28:37
And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
Job 17:6
"He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
Psalm 35:13-14
But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
Psalm 44:13-14
You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
Isaiah 20:2
at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet," and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isaiah 22:12
In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
Joel 1:8
Lament like a virginwearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
Joel 1:13
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.