Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

References

American

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

11 And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. 12 Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments. 13 And I -- my prayer is to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation.


Cross References

Genesis 19:1

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

Job 30:8-9

Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

Psalm 35:15-16

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

Daniel 5:2-4

Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that is in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

Daniel 5:23

and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

Matthew 27:12-13

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

Matthew 27:20

And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

Matthew 27:41-42

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

Matthew 27:62-63

And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

Mark 15:17-19

and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on him,

Luke 23:2

and began to accuse him, saying, 'This one we found 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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