Parallel Verses
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.
A Conservative Version
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
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
Truly my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my kidneys.
22
I was like
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 92:6
A carnal man does not know, neither does a fool understand this:
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men that God might manifest them and that they might see that they themselves are beasts one to another.
Psalm 49:10
For he sees that all the wise men die, likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others.
Job 18:3
Why are we counted as beasts? Are we vile in your sight?
Psalm 32:9
Be ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in subjection with bit and bridle, or they will not come near unto thee.
Psalm 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hid from thee.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more carnal than any man and have not the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not have understanding.