Psalms 38:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I have become like a man who does not hear and in whose mouth there are no rebukes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֱהִ֗י כְּ֭אִישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְאֵ֥ין בְּ֝פִ֗יו תּוֹכָֽחוֹת׃

Transliteration

And wā'ĕhî like 'îš who not šōmēa' and not in bəp̄îw tôḵāḥôt

Grammar Details

• *wā'ĕhî*: qal imperfect 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I have become
• *'îš*: noun - man
• *šōmēa'*: qal participle - hearing
• *bəp̄îw*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in his mouth
• *tôḵāḥôt*: plural noun - reproofs/arguments

Word Meanings

• *hāyāh*: become/be/happen
• *'îš*: man/husband/person
• *šōmēa'*: hearing/listening
• *peh*: mouth/opening/edge
• *tôḵāḥāh*: reproof/argument/rebuke

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For in you, O LORD, do I hope; you will hear, O Lord my God.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For in thee, O Jehovah,{H3068} do I hope:{H3176} Thou wilt answer,{H6030} O Lord{H136} my God.{H430}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For in thee, O LORD{H3068}, do I hope{H3176}{(H8689)}: thou wilt hear{H6030}{H8799)}, O Lord{H136} my God{H430}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For in the (O LORDE) is my trust, thou shalt heare me, O LORDE my God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For on thee O God I haue wayted: thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 39:7 : 7 Surely, man goes about as a shadow; surely, they make an uproar over nothing; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will gather it.
• Ps 123:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents: To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He shows us mercy. 3 Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn.
• Ps 138:3 : 3 On the day I called, you answered me; you made me bold and strengthened my soul.
• Ps 17:6 : 6 I call on you, God, for you will answer me. Turn your ear to me and hear my words.