Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
New American Standard Bible
I have become like a man
King James Version
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Holman Bible
I am like a man without strength,
International Standard Version
I am considered as one of those descending into the Pit, like a mighty man without strength,
A Conservative Version
I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit. I am as a man who has no help,
American Standard Version
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
Amplified
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
Bible in Basic English
I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:
Darby Translation
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Julia Smith Translation
I was reckoned with those going down to the pit: I was as a man of no strength:
King James 2000
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am reckoned with [those] descending to [the] pit. I am like a man without strength,
Modern King James verseion
I am counted with those who go down to the Pit; I am like a feeble man;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, and I am even as a man that hath no strength;
New Heart English Bible
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
The Emphasized Bible
I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
Webster
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
World English Bible
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
Youngs Literal Translation
I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. 4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 28:1
By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
Job 17:1
My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
Psalm 30:9
"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
Psalm 109:22-24
For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.
Isaiah 38:17-18
"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
Ezekiel 26:20
then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.
Jonah 2:6
I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.
Romans 5:6
For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.