Parallel Verses

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.

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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Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

11 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them. 12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.
13 But I corrected my prayer unto thee, O LORD, in the time of thy good pleasure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy saving health.


Cross References

Genesis 19:1

And the two angels came to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all the gates of thy cities, which the LORD thy God shall give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with just (and righteous) judgment.

Job 30:8-9

They were sons of fools and men without names; they were lower than the earth.

Psalm 35:15-16

But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:

Daniel 5:2-4

Belshazzar, under the influence of the wine, commanded that they bring the vessels of gold and of silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father had brought from the temple of Jerusalem; that the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, might drink with them.

Daniel 5:23

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; furthermore, thou hast praised gods of silver and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy soul and whose are all thy ways, thou hast never honoured.

Matthew 27:12-13

And being accused by the princes of the priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

Matthew 27:20

But the princes of the priests and the elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Matthew 27:41-42

Likewise also the princes of the priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

Matthew 27:62-63

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the princes of the priests and the Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

Mark 15:17-19

And they clothed him with purple and platted a crown of thorns and put it about his head

Luke 23:2

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the 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 present, and the princes were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

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