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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:139

In 11 translations

BSB
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
KJV
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.consumed…: Heb. cut me off
WEB
My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
ASV
My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
LSV
My zeal has cut me off, || For my adversaries forgot Your words.
YLT
Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
DBY
My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.
DRC118:139
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
GNV
My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
JPS
My zeal hath undone me, because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words.
LXXE118:139
Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

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Original-language editions

WLC
צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי קִנְאָתִ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁכְח֖וּ דְבָרֶ֣יךָ צָרָֽי׃
LXX-Br118:139
Ἐξέτηξέ με ὁ ζῆλός σου, ὅτι ἐπελάθοντο τῶν λόγων σου οἱ ἐχθροί μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
  • John 2:17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
  • Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
  • 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they…
  • Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
  • Acts 28:23–27So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of…
  • 1 Kings 19:14“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they…
  • Matthew 12:3–5Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only…
  • Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
  • Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
  • Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Matthew 21:16“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
  • Matthew 21:13And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
  • Matthew 15:4–6For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a…

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