Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

New American Standard Bible

Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

King James Version

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Holman Bible

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.

International Standard Version

The prominent people mock me, composing drinking songs.

A Conservative Version

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

American Standard Version

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

Amplified


They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

Bible in Basic English

I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

Julia Smith Translation

They sitting in the gate will speak against me, and I was but the music of stringed instruments, of strong drink

King James 2000

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Those sitting at [the] gate talk about me [as] also [the] songs of [the] drunkards.

Modern King James verseion

They who sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.

NET Bible

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

New Heart English Bible

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

The Emphasized Bible

They who sit in the gate talk against me, - And against me are the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

Webster

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

World English Bible

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

Youngs Literal Translation

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

References

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Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

11 And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.

Job 30:8-9

Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.

Psalm 35:15-16

But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Daniel 5:2-4

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.

Daniel 5:23

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Matthew 27:12-13

And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

Matthew 27:20

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Matthew 27:41-42

And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

Matthew 27:62-63

Now on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

Mark 15:17-19

And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.

Luke 23:2

And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

Acts 4:26-27

The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

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