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Psalms 38:11

LonelinessFriendshipSickness and healingShame

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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BSB
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
KJV
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
WEB
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
ASV
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
DARBY
My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
BLB
My beloved and my friends stand away from my plague; my neighbors stand far off.
ÅB
Mine venner og fortrolige
holder seg unna plagen min,
og de nærmeste står langt borte.
OTB
Mine kjære og mine venner holder avstand fra min lidelse,
Og mine slektninger står langt borte.
B1930
Mine venner og mine frender holder sig i avstand fra min plage, og mine nærmeste står langt borte.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 31:11

    I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

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  • Luke 23:49

    And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

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  • Job 19:13–17

    He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

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  • John 16:32

    Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

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  • Psalms 88:18

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

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  • Luke 22:54

    Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.

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  • Luke 10:31–32

    And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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  • Job 6:21–23

    For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

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