Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?
New American Standard Bible
Why do You
King James Version
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Holman Bible
Why do You hide Your face from me?
International Standard Version
Why, LORD, have you rejected me? Why have you hidden your face from me?
A Conservative Version
LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
American Standard Version
Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Amplified
O Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
Bible in Basic English
Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
Darby Translation
Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore, O Jehovah, wilt thou cast off my soul? wilt thou hide thy face from me?
King James 2000
LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? [Why] do you hide your face from me?
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me?
NET Bible
O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
New Heart English Bible
LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
Webster
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
World English Bible
Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
Youngs Literal Translation
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
13 But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! 14 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me? 15 Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee - I shall be distracted!
Phrases
Cross References
Job 13:24
Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee?
Psalm 13:1
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalm 43:2
For, thou, art my defending God - Wherefore hast thou rejected me? Wherefore in gloom should I wander, because of the oppression of an enemy?
Psalm 44:24
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
Psalm 44:9
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
Psalm 69:17
Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou - answer me!
Psalm 77:7-9
For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more?
Matthew 27:46
And, about the ninth hour, Jesus uttered a cry, with a loud voice, saying - Eloi! Eloi! lema sabachthanei? that is, My God! my God! to what end hast thou forsaken me?