Contend with My Opponents, O LORD
Psalms 35:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
- KJV
- I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.behaved myself: Heb. walkedas though…: Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me
- WEB
- I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
- ASV
- I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
- LSV
- As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, || I habitually walked, || As a mourner for a mother, || I have bowed down mourning.
- YLT
- As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.
- DBY
- I behaved myself as though [he had been] a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth [for] a mother.
- DRC34:14
- As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.
- GNV
- I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.
- JPS
- I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.
- LXXE34:14
- I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbour or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃
- LXX-Br34:14
- Ὡς πλησίον ὡς ἀδελφὸν ἡμέτερον οὕτως εὐηρέστουν, ὡς πενθῶν καὶ σκυθρωπάξων οὕτως ἐταπεινούμην.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Good for EvilFriendsMotherEnemyCompassion and SympathyMaliceHeavy; HeavinessFriendshipHatredIngratitude
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- 2 Samuel 1:11–12Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and…
- Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- 2 Samuel 1:17–27Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar: “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights.…
- Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 34:14 in some Bibles
- 35:14 in most Bibles