Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

New American Standard Bible

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.

King James Version

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Holman Bible

For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.

International Standard Version

I am being mocked because of you. Dishonor overwhelms me.

A Conservative Version

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

Amplified


Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

Bible in Basic English

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

Darby Translation

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

Julia Smith Translation

Because for thee I bare reproach: shame covered my face.

King James 2000

Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face.

Modern King James verseion

because I have borne reproach for Your sake, shame has covered my face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face.

NET Bible

For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.

New Heart English Bible

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

The Emphasized Bible

Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

Webster

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

World English Bible

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Youngs Literal Translation

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:15

O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.

Psalm 44:22

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Psalm 22:6-8

But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Psalm 44:15

All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

Matthew 26:67-68

Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

Matthew 27:29-30

And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Matthew 27:38-44

Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

Luke 23:11

And Herod with his soldiers set him at nought, and mocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous apparel sent him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:35-37

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

John 15:21-24

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

Hebrews 12:2

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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