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 I fasted, that was to my reproach.
11
I became
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7
I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.
Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you.
Job 17:6
Now he has made me a laughingstock for many people. Now they spit in my face.
Psalm 35:13-14
But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered.
Psalm 44:13-14
You made us a reproach to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
Isaiah 20:2
At that time Jehovah spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him: Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet. He did this and went around stripped and barefoot.
Isaiah 22:12
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
Joel 1:8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth you ministers of my God! The meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the House of your God.