Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.

New American Standard Bible

If the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

King James Version

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Holman Bible

If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.

A Conservative Version

Unless LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.

American Standard Version

Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

Amplified


If the Lord had not been my help,
I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.

Bible in Basic English

If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

Darby Translation

If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Julia Smith Translation

Unless Jehovah helped for me my soul almost dwelt silently.

King James 2000

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

Modern King James verseion

Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.

NET Bible

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

New Heart English Bible

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

The Emphasized Bible

If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence - my soul!

Webster

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

World English Bible

Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

Youngs Literal Translation

Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לוּלי לוּלא 
Luwle' 
except, unless, If, had not, were it not, were it not that
Usage: 14

the Lord

Usage: 0

עזרת עזרה 
`ezrah 
Usage: 26

my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

References

Easton

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity? 17 If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent. 18 When I say that my foot is shaking, your gracious love, LORD, will sustain me.

Cross References

Psalm 124:1-2

If the LORD had not been on our side let Israel now say

Psalm 31:17

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

Psalm 13:3

Look at me! Answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes! Otherwise, I will sleep in death;

Psalm 115:17

Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.

Psalm 118:13

Indeed, you oppressed me so much that I nearly fell, but the LORD helped me.

Psalm 125:1

Those who are trusting in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be overthrown. They remain forever.

Psalm 142:4-5

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

John 16:32

Listen, the time is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me all by myself. Yet I'm not alone, because the Father is with me.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living.

2 Timothy 4:16-17

At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!

Jump To Previous

Jump To Next

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain