Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds;
New American Standard Bible
And I was
King James Version
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Holman Bible
and my innermost being
International Standard Version
When I chose to be bitter I was emotionally pained.
A Conservative Version
For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart.
American Standard Version
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
Amplified
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],
Bible in Basic English
My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:
Darby Translation
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Julia Smith Translation
For my heart will be embittered, and my loins were hard.
King James 2000
Thus my soul was grieved, and I was pierced in my heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When my heart was embittered and I felt stabbed in my kidneys,
Modern King James verseion
For my heart was grieved and I was pricked in my reins.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus my heart was grieved, and it went even through my veins.
NET Bible
Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
New Heart English Bible
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
Webster
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
World English Bible
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
Themes
Conviction of sin » Conviction of sin results of » Misery
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:21
Prayers for Psalm 73:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
20 As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise. 21 But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds; 22 But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
Cross References
Job 16:13
His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:
Psalm 37:1
Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;
Psalm 37:7
Be resigned to Yahweh, yea wait with longing for him; Burn not with vexation at him who prospereth in his way, - at the man who doeth wickedness.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
Lamentations 3:13
He hath caused to enter my reins, the sons of his quiver;