Psalms 88:18

In 11 translations

BSB

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

KJV

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

WEB

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

ASV

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.

LSV

You have put lover and friend far from me, || My acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

YLT

Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

DBY

Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.

DRC87:19

Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.

GNV

My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid themselues.

JPS88:19

Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

LXXE87:19

Thou hast put far from me every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.Alex. friend and neighbour.

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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

WLC88:19

הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי אֹהֵ֣ב וָרֵ֑עַ מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥י מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃KJV:Ps.88.18

LXX-Br87:19

Ἐμάκρυνας ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ φίλον, καὶ τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπὸ ταλαιπωρίας.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
• Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
• Job 19:12–15His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent. He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten…
• 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.

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