Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Verse Info

Context Readings

Confidence In A Time Of Crisis

3 I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah. 4 Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not. 5 I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.

Cross References

Esther 6:1

On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

Job 2:13

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

Job 6:3

For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.

Job 7:13-15

When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

Psalm 6:6

I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.

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