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Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

Psalms 6:7

In 11 translations

BSB
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
KJV
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
WEB
My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
ASV
Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
LSV
My eye is old from provocation, || It is old because of all my adversaries,
YLT
Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
DBY
Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.
DRC6:8
My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.
GNV
Mine eye is dimmed for despight, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.
JPS6:8
Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
LXXE6:8
Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies.

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Original-language editions

WLC6:8
עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃KJV:Ps.6.7
LXX-Br6:8
Ἐταράχθη ἀπὸ θυμοῦ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου, ἐπαλαιώθην ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 38:10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
  • Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
  • Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
  • Psalms 31:9–10Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are…
  • Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
  • Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 6:8 in some Bibles
  • 6:7 in most Bibles

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