Surely God Is Good to Israel
Psalms 73:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
- KJV
- But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
- WEB
- But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
- ASV
- But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
- LSV
- As nothing, my steps have slipped, || For I have been envious of the boastful,
- YLT
- As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
- DBY
- But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
- DRC72:2
- But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
- GNV
- As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
- JPS
- But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
- LXXE72:2
- But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
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- Written (Ketiv): נָטוּי (“[was] bent down”). Read aloud (Qere): נָטָ֣יוּ (“they had turned aside”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): שֻׁפְּכָה (“it had been poured out”). Read aloud (Qere): שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ (“they had been poured out”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads נָטָ֣וֻי; read aloud (Qere) reads נָטָ֣יוּ (“they had turned aside”).
- Leningrad Codex reads שֻׁפְּכֻ֥ה; read aloud (Qere) reads שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ (“they had been poured out”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט נטוי רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן שפכה אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃Read aloud as (qere): נָטָ֣יוּRead aloud as (qere): שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ
- LXX-Br72:2
- Ἐμοῦ δὲ παρὰ μικρὸν ἐσαλεύθησαν οἱ πόδες, παρʼ ὀλίγον ἐξεχύθη τὰ διαβήματά 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 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 116:8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
- Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you…
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Psalms 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- 1 Samuel 12:23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Job 12:5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
- Romans 7:23–24But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
- 1 Chronicles 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- Job 21:4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 72:2 in some Bibles
- 73:2 in most Bibles