Psalms 38:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth{H8799)} not his mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ ׀ מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י נַפְשִׁ֗י וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣י רָ֭עָתִי דִּבְּר֣וּ הַוּ֑וֹת וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹת כָּל־הַיּ֥וֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ׃

Transliteration

And yənaqšû məḇaqšê nap̄šî and dōršê rā'ātî dibbərû hawwôt and mirmôt all the yôm yehgû

Grammar Details

*yənaqšû*: piel imperfect 3rd person plural with waw consecutive - and they lay snares
*məḇaqšê*: piel participle plural construct - seekers of
*nap̄šî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life
*dōršê*: qal participle plural construct - those seeking
*rā'ātî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my harm/evil
*dibbərû*: piel perfect 3rd person plural - they have spoken
*hawwôt*: plural noun - destructions/calamities
*mirmôt*: plural noun - deceits/treacheries
*yôm*: noun with definite article - the day
*yehgû*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they meditate/mutter

Word Meanings

*nāqaš*: lay snares/set traps
*bāqaš*: seek/search for/require
*nep̄eš*: soul/life/person
*dāraš*: seek/inquire/require
*rā'āh*: evil/harm/misery
*dibbēr*: speak/talk/declare
*hawwāh*: destruction/calamity/mischief
*mirmāh*: deceit/treachery/fraud
*hāḡāh*: meditate/mutter/plot

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 39:2 : 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace{H8689)}, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred{H8738)}.
Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 38:14-16
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90%
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear{H8799)}, O Lord my God.
16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
Ps 39:9-10
2 verses
79%
9I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.
Ps 39:1-2
2 verses
78%
1To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said{H8804)}, I will take heed{H8799)} to my ways, that I sin{H8800)} not with my tongue: I will keep{H8799)} my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace{H8689)}, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred{H8738)}.
Isa 42:18-20
3 verses
74%
18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
Ps 135:16-17
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73%
16They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
17They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Ps 38:12
73%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Isa 50:5
73%
5The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Ezek 33:22
72%
22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
Dan 10:15
72%
15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
Prov 31:8
72%
8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Ps 31:12-13
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12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Isa 53:7
71%
7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Ps 22:13
71%
13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 32:3
71%
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Ps 38:8
71%
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Matt 13:13
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13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Jer 11:19
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19But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Job 29:10-11
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10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Job 13:19
70%
19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job 31:34
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34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Isa 38:13-15
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13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Isa 32:3
70%
3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Ezek 3:26
69%
26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Job 32:14-16
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69%
14Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16When I had waited,(for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Isa 29:18
69%
18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Job 33:8
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8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Prov 5:13
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Ps 115:6
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Job 13:17
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17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Ps 88:4
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Job 29:21
69%
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Ezek 24:27
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27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ps 73:22
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22So foolish was I, and ignorant{H8799)}: I was as a beast before thee.
Ps 55:12
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12For it was not an enemy{H8802)} that reproached{H8762)} me; then I could have borne{H8799)} it: neither was it he that hated{H8764)} me that did magnify{H8689)} himself against me; then I would have hid{H8735)} myself from him:
Job 30:20
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20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Acts 8:32
69%
32{G1161} The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Job 3:16
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16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.