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Psalms 69:11

GriefShameFasting

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

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BSB
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
KJV
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
WEB
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
ASV
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
DARBY
And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
BLB
I made my clothing sackcloth, and I became to them as a byword.
ÅB
Og jeg kledde meg i sekk, og jeg ble et ordspråk for dem.
OTB
Da jeg bar sekkestrie som mitt plagg,
Ble jeg et ordtak for dem.
B1930
Og jeg gjorde sekk til mitt klædebon, og jeg blev dem til et ordsprog.

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  • Job 17:6

    He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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  • 1 Kings 9:7

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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  • Jeremiah 24:9

    And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

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  • Joel 1:8

    Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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  • Isaiah 20:2

    At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

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  • Psalms 35:13–14

    But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

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