Psalms 38:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חִ֭צֶּיךָ נִ֣חֲתוּ בִ֑י וַתִּנְחַ֖ת עָלַ֣י יָדֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

For ḥitseyḵā niḥătû in me, and watinḥat upon me yādeḵā

Grammar Details

• *ḥitseyḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your arrows
• *niḥătû*: niphal perfect 3rd person plural - they have descended/sunk/come down
• *watinḥat*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw-consecutive - and it came down/descended
• *yādeḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand

Word Meanings

• *ḥitsey*: arrows/shafts
• *niḥătû*: have sunk down/descended/penetrated
• *watinḥat*: has come down/pressed down/descended
• *yād*: hand/power

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  There is no health in my flesh because of your anger, nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  There is no soundness{H4974} in my flesh{H1320} because{H6440} of thine indignation;{H2195} Neither is there any health{H7965} in my bones{H6106} because{H6440} of my sin.{H2403}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  There is no soundness{H4974} in my flesh{H1320} because{H6440} of thine anger{H2195}; neither is there any rest{H7965} in my bones{H6106} because{H6440} of my sin{H2403}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There is no whole parte in my body, because of thy displeasure: there is no rest in my bones, by reason of my synnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my sinne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There is no helath in my flesh through thy displeasure: neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 6:2 : 2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath.
• Ps 51:8 : 8 Surely you desire truth in the inner being; you teach me wisdom in the hidden place.
• Ps 90:7-8 : 7 We are consumed by your anger, and terrified by your wrath. 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
• Ps 102:3 : 3 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress; incline your ear to me; on the day I call, answer me quickly.
• Ps 102:5 : 5 My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food.
• Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, only wounds, bruises, and raw sores. They have not been tended, or bandaged, or softened with oil.
• Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: 42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.
• Ps 31:9-9 : 9 You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place. 10 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.
• 2 Chr 26:19 : 19 Uzziah, who was holding a censer to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, near the altar of incense.
• Job 2:7-8 : 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
• Job 33:19-22 : 19 A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones. 20 Their life begins to loathe food, and their soul rejects even the most desirable meal. 21 Their flesh wastes away so that it can no longer be seen, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out. 22 Their soul draws near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.