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How Long, O LORD?

Psalms 13:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
KJV
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
WEB
Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
ASV
Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
LSV
Look attentively; Answer me, O YHWH, my God, || Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
YLT
Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
DBY
Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;Elohim
DRC12:4
Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:
GNV
Beholde, and heare mee, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I sleepe not in death:
JPS13:4
Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
LXXE12:4
Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

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Original-language editions

WLC13:4
הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃KJV:Ps.13.3

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezra 9:8But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
  • Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
  • Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
  • Psalms 5:1Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
  • 1 Samuel 14:29“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
  • 1 Samuel 14:27Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes…
  • Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  • Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
  • Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
  • Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
  • Psalms 9:13Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
  • Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  • Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
  • Psalms 119:153Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
  • Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 13:4 in some Bibles
  • 13:3 in most Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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