Psalms 102:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Zeph 2:14 : 14 And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.
Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried {G2479} with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
Job 30:29-30 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. 30 My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
Isa 34:11-15 : 11 But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. 14 And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest. 15 There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Mic 1:8 : 8 For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 102:7-9
3 verses
84%
7I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Ps 102:3-5
3 verses
76%
3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
Isa 38:14
75%
14Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Job 30:28-30
3 verses
75%
28I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
30My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
Ps 55:6-7
2 verses
73%
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. {H5542}
Deut 14:15-17
3 verses
72%
15and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
16the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
17and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
Ps 22:13-15
3 verses
72%
13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Lev 11:16-18
3 verses
71%
16and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
17and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,
Ps 143:4
71%
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Ps 31:12
71%
12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Ps 109:22-23
2 verses
70%
22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Ps 102:11
70%
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
Mic 1:8
70%
8For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
Isa 34:11
69%
11But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
Jonah 2:4
69%
4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Job 7:11-12
2 verses
69%
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
Job 30:19
69%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Isa 34:14-15
2 verses
69%
14And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
15There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
Ps 69:3
69%
3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Ps 120:5
69%
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Job 16:15-16
2 verses
68%
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
16My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Ps 143:6
68%
6I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {H5542}
Jer 12:9
68%
9Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
Job 17:6
68%
6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Lam 3:10-11
2 verses
68%
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Ps 22:6
68%
6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Ps 31:9
67%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Ps 42:1
67%
1For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Ps 38:8
67%
8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Ps 38:6
67%
6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Ps 25:16
67%
16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 142:6
67%
6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.