Psalms 38:4

In 11 translations

BSB

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

KJV

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

WEB

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

ASV

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

LSV

For my iniquities have passed over my head, || As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

YLT

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden — too heavy for me.

DBY

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

DRC37:5

For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

GNV

For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.

JPS38:5

For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

LXXE37:5

For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

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Original-language editions

WLC38:5

כִּ֣י עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי עָבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֝בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃KJV:Ps.38.4

LXX-Br37:5

Ὅτι αἱ ἀνομίαι μου ὑπερῇραν τὴν κεφαλήν μου, ὡσεὶ φορτίον βαρὺ ἐβαρύνθησαν ἐπʼ ἐμέ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
• Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
• Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
• 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
• Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• Leviticus 7:18If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his…

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