Psalms 73:16

In 11 translations

BSB

When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

KJV

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;too…: Heb. labour in mine eyes

WEB

When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—

ASV

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

LSV

And I think to know this, || It [is] perverseness in my eyes,

YLT

And I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,

DBY

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

DRC72:16

I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

GNV

Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,

JPS

And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;

LXXE72:16

And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

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Original-language editions

WLC

וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל היא בְעֵינָֽי׃Read aloud as (qere): ה֣וּא

LXX-Br72:16

Καὶ ὑπέλαβον τοῦ γνῶναι, τοῦτο κόπος ἐστὶν ἐναντίον μου,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 8:17I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable…
• Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
• Proverbs 30:2–3Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
• Luke 18:32–34He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.” But the disciples did not understand any of these…
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
• Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
• Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
• John 16:18–19They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.” Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you…
• Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

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