Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, - Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
New American Standard Bible
Oh
And save the
King James Version
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Holman Bible
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.
International Standard Version
Return to me and have mercy on me; clothe your servant with your strength and deliver the son of your maid servant.
A Conservative Version
O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
American Standard Version
Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Amplified
Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.
Darby Translation
Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Julia Smith Translation
Turn to me and pity me; thou wilt give thy strength to thy servant, and save to the son of thy maid-servant
King James 2000
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give your strength unto your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.
Modern King James verseion
Oh turn to me, and have mercy on me; give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your handmaid.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.
NET Bible
Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave!
New Heart English Bible
Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
Webster
O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
World English Bible
Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
Youngs Literal Translation
Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.
References
Easton
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 86:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament And Petition
15 But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness. 16 Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, - Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid. 17 Perform with me a token for good, - That they who hate me may see and be ashamed, In that, thou, Yahweh, hast helped me and comforted me.
Cross References
Psalm 116:16
I beseech thee, O Yahweh - for, I, am thy servant, - I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds.
Psalm 25:16
Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am.
Psalm 28:7-8
Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, - Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.
Psalm 69:16
Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me:
Psalm 84:5
How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart.
Psalm 90:13
Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
Psalm 119:94
Thine, am I, - oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
Psalm 119:132
Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour, - As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
Psalm 138:3
In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.
Isaiah 40:29-31
Giving to him that fainteth, strength, And to him that hath no vigour, he causeth, power to abound?
Isaiah 45:24
Only in Yahweh - for me, Hath one said, Is there righteousness and strength, Unto him, shall come and turn pale - All who have been incensed against him:
Zechariah 10:12
And I will make them mighty in Yahweh, and, in his name, shall they march to and fro, - Declareth Yahweh.
Luke 1:38
And Mary said - Lo! the handmaid of the Lord! Might it come to pass unto me, according to thy declaration. And the messenger departed from her.
Ephesians 3:16
In order that he may give unto you - according to his glorious riches, with power, to be strengthened, through his Spirit, in the inner man,
Ephesians 6:10
For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp of his might:
Philippians 4:13
I have might, for all things, in him that empowereth me.
Colossians 1:11
With all power, being empowered, according to the grasp of his glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering with joy,