Psalms 69:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

🎯 Translation Approach

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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💎 Distinctive Features

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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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

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

Ps 31:11 : 11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.
Ps 38:11 : 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
John 1:11 : 11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
John 7:5 : 5 For even his brethren did not believe on him.
1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
Job 19:13-19 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. 18 Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me. 19 All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Matt 10:21-22 : 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Matt 10:35-36 : 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: 36 and a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household.
Matt 26:48-50 : 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: take him. 49 And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, [do] that for which thou art come. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
Matt 26:70-74 : 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another [maid] saw him, and saith unto them that were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man. 73 And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art [one] of them; for thy speech maketh thee known. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 69:9-11
3 verses
81%
9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
10When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Ps 69:7
79%
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
Job 19:13-15
3 verses
78%
13He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
Job 19:17-19
3 verses
73%
17My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
19All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
Ps 31:11-12
2 verses
73%
11Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.
12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Ps 88:8
73%
8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Ps 69:19-20
2 verses
71%
19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Job 19:3
70%
3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
Ps 109:25
70%
25I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
Job 30:9-10
2 verses
69%
9And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
Lam 3:14
69%
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
Ps 79:4
69%
4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
Ps 38:11
69%
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
Ps 35:14-15
2 verses
69%
14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
Deut 33:9
69%
9Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.
Job 17:6
69%
6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Ps 39:12
68%
12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Ps 22:6-7
2 verses
68%
6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
Jer 15:10
68%
10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
Matt 12:48-49
2 verses
68%
48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!
Jer 12:7-8
2 verses
68%
7I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Ps 102:8
68%
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Ps 22:14
68%
14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
Job 16:10
68%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Rom 9:3
67%
3For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Prov 4:3
67%
3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Ps 69:3
67%
3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Luke 8:20
67%
20And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
Isa 8:18
67%
18Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
Ps 71:7
67%
7I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
Ps 54:3
67%
3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {H5542}
Ps 27:10
67%
10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.
Ps 18:45
67%
45The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
Ps 119:19
67%
19I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
Song 8:1
67%
1Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.
Mark 3:33
66%
33And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
Ps 22:1
66%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?