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Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

Psalms 38:14

In 11 translations

BSB
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
KJV
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
WEB
Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
ASV
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
LSV
Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, || And in his mouth are no reproofs.
YLT
Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
DBY
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
DRC37:15
And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth.
GNV
Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.
JPS38:15
Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.
LXXE37:15
And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC38:15
וָאֱהִ֗י כְּ֭אִישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְאֵ֥ין בְּ֝פִ֗יו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃KJV:Ps.38.14
LXX-Br37:15
Καὶ ἐγενόμην ὡσεὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἀκούων, καὶ οὐκ ἔχων ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ ἐλεγμούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
  • John 8:6They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
  • Mark 15:3–5And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things. Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!” But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further…
  • Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 38:15 in some Bibles
  • 38:14 in most Bibles

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