Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Those who 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.

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.

Darby Translation

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

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 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. 12 Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

And the two [heavenly] agents came to Sodom at evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. And he bowed himself with his face to the earth,

Deuteronomy 16:18

Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Job 30:8-9

[They are] sons of fools, yea, sons of base men. They were scourged out of the land.

Psalm 35:15-16

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.

Daniel 5:2-4

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, m

Daniel 5:23

but have lifted up thyself against LORD of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them. And thou have praised the gods of silve

Matthew 27:12-13

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

Matthew 27:20

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

Matthew 27:41-42

And likewise also the chief priests, ridiculing with the scholars, and elders, and Pharisees, 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 put purple clothing on him, and clothe him with a woven crown of thorns,

Luke 23:2

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.

Acts 4:26-27

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

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