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The Waters Are up to My Neck

Psalms 69:8

In 11 translations

BSB
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
KJV
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
WEB
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
ASV
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.
LSV
I have been a stranger to my brother, || And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
YLT
A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
DBY
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
DRC68:9
I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
GNV
I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, euen an aliant vnto my mothers sonnes.
JPS69:9
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
LXXE68:9
I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

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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

WLC69:9
מ֭וּזָר הָיִ֣יתִי לְאֶחָ֑י וְ֝נָכְרִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃KJV:Ps.69.8We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
LXX-Br68:9
Ἀπηλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, καὶ ξένος τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς μητρός 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 31:11Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
  • John 7:5For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
  • John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
  • Matthew 26:70–74But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.” When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”…
  • Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
  • Matthew 10:35–36For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
  • Micah 7:5–6Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her…
  • 1 Samuel 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your…
  • Matthew 10:21–22Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end…
  • Job 19:13–19He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. I…
  • 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.
  • Matthew 26:56But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
  • Matthew 26:48–50Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.” Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. “Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the…

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