Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou heldest mine eyes waking, I was so feeble, that I could not speak.

New American Standard Bible

You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

King James Version

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Holman Bible

You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.

International Standard Version

You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.

A Conservative Version

Thou have held my eyelids watching. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

American Standard Version

Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Amplified


You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Bible in Basic English

You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

Darby Translation

Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak.

King James 2000

You hold my eyes from closing: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You hold [open] my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak.

Modern King James verseion

You keep my eyes awake; I am troubled and I cannot speak.

NET Bible

You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.

New Heart English Bible

You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;

Webster

Thou holdest my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

World English Bible

You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Confidence In A Time Of Crisis

3 When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah. 4 Thou heldest mine eyes waking, I was so feeble, that I could not speak. 5 Then remembered I the times of old, and the years that were past.

Cross References

Esther 6:1

The same night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the Chronicles and the stories: which when they were read before the king,

Job 2:13

They sat them down by him also upon the ground seven days and seven nights. Neither was there any of them that spake one word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Job 6:3

This is the cause, that my words are so sorrowful.

Job 7:13-15

When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,'

Psalm 6:6

I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.

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