Psalms 4:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. You have given me relief when I was in trouble. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love vanity, and seek after lies? Selah.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    O ye sons{H1121} of men,{H376} how long{H5704} shall my glory{H3519} be turned into dishonor?{H3639} [How long] will ye love{H157} vanity,{H7385} and seek{H1245} after falsehood?{H3577} {Selah}{H5542}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    O ye sons{H1121} of men{H376}, how long{H5704} will ye turn my glory{H3519} into shame{H3639}? how long will ye love{H157}{(H8799)} vanity{H7385}, and seek{H1245}{(H8762)} after leasing{H3577}? Selah{H5542}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O ye sonnes off men: how longe will ye blaspheme myne honoure? why haue ye soch pleasure in vanyte, & seke after lyes?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O ye sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    O ye sonnes of men, how long wyll ye go about to bryng my glory to confusion? ye loue vanitie, ye seeke after lyes. Selah.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Sons of men! till when `is' my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? `How long' will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How long] will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? {{Selah

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive?(Selah)

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 4:7 : 7 The more they increased, the more they sinned against me. I will turn their glory into shame.
  • Ps 3:3 : 3 Many say of me, "There is no salvation for him in God." Selah.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 Do not turn aside, for you would be following things that are worthless and cannot benefit or deliver you, for they are meaningless.
  • Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.'
  • Num 14:11 : 11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.
  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
  • Ps 14:6 : 6 You frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.
  • Ps 31:6 : 6 Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Ps 58:1 : 1 For the director, 'Do Not Destroy,' a Miktam of David.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; your hands mete out violence on the earth.
  • Ps 63:11 : 11 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; they will become the portion for jackals.
  • Ps 72:2 : 2 He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.
  • Ps 106:20 : 20 They exchanged their glory for the image of an ox that eats grass.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do evil.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.
  • Isa 20:5 : 5 Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their pride.
  • Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or humiliated, to all eternity.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glory for worthless idols.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

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