Psalms 38:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Students of biblical languages
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Serious Bible students
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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:15 : 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:
Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long.
Ps 77:2-3 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}. 3 I remembered{H8799)} God, and was troubled{H8799)}: I complained{H8799)}, and my spirit was overwhelmed{H8691)}. Selah.
Isa 53:3-5 : 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Mic 4:6-7 : 6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 38:18
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18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry{H8799)} for my sin.
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4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.
5My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth{H8804)} me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 38:16
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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 31:9-10
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9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Jer 8:18
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18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Isa 38:15
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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.
Job 17:7
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7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Ps 73:2
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2But as for me, my feet were almost gone {H8804)}{H8675)}{H8803)}; my steps had well nigh slipped{H8795)}.
Ps 55:4
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4My heart is sore pained{H8799)} within me: and the terrors of death are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
Lam 1:20-22
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76%
20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Jer 10:19
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19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Job 3:24
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Ps 40:12
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12For innumerable evils have compassed{H8804)} me about: mine iniquities have taken hold{H8689)} upon me, so that I am not able{H8804)} to look up{H8800)}; they are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth{H8804)} me.
Job 9:28
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28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Ps 143:4
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4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Ps 51:3
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3For I acknowledge{H8799)} my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Ps 88:3
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Job 17:1
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Ps 109:22
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22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Ps 25:16
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16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 73:21
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Lam 3:20
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Ps 38:2
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2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}.
Rom 9:2
74%
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13O spare me, that I may recover strength{H8686)}, before I go hence{H8799)}, and be no more.
Isa 38:10
74%
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Ps 116:3
74%
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Job 16:16
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Ps 31:22
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22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Job 30:16
74%
16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Job 30:28
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28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Ps 73:16
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16When I thought{H8762)} to know{H8800)} this, it was too painful for me;
Ps 39:2
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Ps 57:6
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Ps 69:20
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20Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.
Ps 88:15
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15I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.
Ps 69:3
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3I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Job 10:1
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Job 23:2
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2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Jer 17:16
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Ps 22:14
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