Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou heldest mine eyes waking, I was so feeble, that I could not speak.
New American Standard Bible
I am so troubled that I
King James Version
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Holman Bible
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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 77:4
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.
Names
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.