Psalms 73:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But as for me, my feet almost slipped, my steps nearly stumbled.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט *נטוי **נָטָ֣יוּ רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן *שפכה **שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

Transliteration

Wa-ani kim'at natayu raglai; ke-ayin shuppechu ashuray.

Grammar Details

• *Wa-ani*: conjunction waw + pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
• *kim'at*: preposition + noun - as/like little/almost
• *natayu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural (ketiv/qere variation) - they stretched out/inclined
• *raglai*: noun, feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my feet
• *ke-ayin*: preposition + adverb - as nothing/almost
• *shuppechu*: verb, pual perfect, 3rd person plural (ketiv/qere variation) - they were poured out
• *ashuray*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my steps

Word Meanings

• *kim'at*: almost/nearly/within little
• *natayu*: stretched out/inclined/slipped/bent (ketiv: *natuy* - inclined [singular]; qere: *natayu* - they inclined [plural])
• *ke-ayin*: as nothing/almost
• *shuppechu*: were poured out/slipped (ketiv: *shupkhah* - was poured [singular feminine]; qere: *shuppechu* - they were poured [plural])

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my ste had well nigh slipped.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had nearly slipped.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone{H8804)}{H8675)}{H8803)}; my steps had well nigh slipped{H8795)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuerthelesse my fete were allmost gone, my treadinges had wel nye slipte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had welneere slipt.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, my feete were almost gone from me: my steppes had almost slypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

• World English Bible (2000)

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," Your steadfast love, LORD, supported me.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'
• Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold steady my steps in your paths so that my feet do not slip.
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
• Ps 38:16 : 16 For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
• Ps 116:8 : 8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
• Rom 7:23-24 : 23 but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
• Josh 24:15 : 15 But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But when they were ill, I wore sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered.
• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 As for me, far be it from me to sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. Instead, I will instruct you in the good and upright way.
• 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'
• Job 12:5 : 5 "Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."
• Job 21:4 : 4 Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?
• Ps 5:7 : 7 You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD detests the violent and deceitful.