Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
New American Standard Bible
I was like
King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Holman Bible
I was an unthinking animal toward You.
International Standard Version
Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.
American Standard Version
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
Amplified
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
Bible in Basic English
As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
Darby Translation
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
And I stupid, and I shall not know, and I was a beast with thee.
King James 2000
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
then I was brutish and ignorant. With you I was [like] the beasts.
Modern King James verseion
So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.
NET Bible
I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.
New Heart English Bible
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
The Emphasized Bible
But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
Webster
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
World English Bible
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
Themes
Beasts » Described as » Devoid of understanding
Ignorance » Man's » Brevity of life limits knowledge
Man » Ignorance of » Brevity of life limits knowledge
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
21 For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart. 22 So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee. Thou have held my right hand.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.
Psalm 49:10
For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Job 18:3
Why are we counted as beasts, [and] have become unclean in your sight?
Psalm 32:9
Become ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding, whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [else] they will not come near to thee.
Psalm 69:5
O God, thou know my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.