Psalms 38:5

In 11 translations

BSB

My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

KJV

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

WEB

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

ASV

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

LSV

Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, || Because of my folly.

YLT

Stunk — become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

DBY

My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

DRC37:6

My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness.

GNV

My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes.

JPS38:6

My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

LXXE37:6

My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

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Original-language editions

WLC38:6

הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃KJV:Ps.38.5

LXX-Br37:6

Προσώζεσαν καὶ ἐσάπησαν οἱ μώλωπές μου, ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς ἀφροσύνης μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 1:5–6Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and…
• Psalms 69:5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
• Psalms 38:7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

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