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The Waters Are up to My Neck

Psalms 69:7

In 11 translations

BSB
For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
KJV
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
WEB
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
ASV
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
LSV
For because of You I have borne reproach, || Shame has covered my face.
YLT
For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.
DBY
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
DRC68:8
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
GNV
For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.
JPS69:8
Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
LXXE68:8
For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.

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Original-language editions

WLC69:8
כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֣אתִי חֶרְפָּ֑ה כִּסְּתָ֖ה כְלִמָּ֣ה פָנָֽי׃KJV:Ps.69.7
LXX-Br68:8
Ὅτι ἕνεκά σου ὑπήνεγκα ὀνειδισμὸν, ἐκάλυψεν ἐντροπὴ τὸ πρόσωπόν 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

  • Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
  • Psalms 44:22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
  • Jeremiah 15:15You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
  • Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
  • Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
  • John 15:21–24But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.…
  • Matthew 27:29–30And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” Then they spit on Him and took the staff…
  • Matthew 27:38–44Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left. And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it…
  • Psalms 22:6–8But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He…
  • Psalms 44:15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
  • Matthew 26:67–68Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
  • Luke 23:35–37The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. “If…

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  • 69:8 in some Bibles
  • 69:7 in most Bibles

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