Psalms 38:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי עָבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֝בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

For 'ăwōnōtay 'āḇərû rō'šî; like maśśā' ḵāḇēḏ yiḵbəḏû from me

Grammar Details

*'ăwōnōtay*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my iniquities
*'āḇərû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have gone over/passed over
*rō'šî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my head
*maśśā'*: noun - burden/load
*ḵāḇēḏ*: adjective - heavy
*yiḵbəḏû*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they are too heavy

Word Meanings

*'ăwōnōt*: iniquities/sins/guilts
*'āḇərû*: have gone over/passed over/overwhelmed
*rō'š*: head/top/chief
*maśśā'*: burden/load/lifting
*ḵāḇēḏ*: heavy/weighty/severe
*yiḵbəḏû*: are too heavy/weigh down/are burdensome

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Ps 38:7 : 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Ps 69:5 : 5 O God, thou knowest{H8804)} my foolishness; and my sins are not hid{H8738)} from thee.
Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 38:2-4
3 verses
79%
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.
Ps 38:6-9
4 verses
78%
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.
Ps 69:5
76%
5O God, thou knowest{H8804)} my foolishness; and my sins are not hid{H8738)} from thee.
Ps 39:8
74%
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make{H8799)} me not the reproach of the foolish.
Ps 31:9-10
2 verses
74%
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.
Ps 38:17-18
2 verses
74%
17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry{H8799)} for my sin.
Job 7:5
73%
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Ps 73:21-22
2 verses
73%
21Thus my heart was grieved{H8691)}, and I was pricked{H8709)} in my reins.
22So foolish was I, and ignorant{H8799)}: I was as a beast before thee.
Isa 1:5-6
2 verses
73%
5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Jer 10:19
72%
19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Job 34:6
72%
6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Ps 41:4
72%
4I said{H8804)}, LORD, be merciful{H8798)} unto me: heal{H8798)} my soul; for I have sinned{H8804)} against thee.
Jer 15:18
72%
18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Job 17:1
72%
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Ps 102:5
71%
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Ps 107:17
71%
17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Lam 1:20
71%
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.
Ps 39:10
71%
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.
Ps 109:22
71%
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Ps 51:3
71%
3For I acknowledge{H8799)} my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Ps 38:11-12
2 verses
71%
11My lovers and my friends stand{H8799)} aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand{H8804)} afar off.
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.
Ps 40:12
71%
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.
Lam 3:4
70%
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Isa 38:17
70%
17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Lam 1:22
70%
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.
Ps 44:15
70%
15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered{H8765)} me,
Job 16:15
70%
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Job 30:18-19
2 verses
70%
18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 22:14-15
2 verses
70%
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 6:2
70%
2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Ps 25:18
70%
18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Isa 38:15
70%
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.
1 Chr 21:8
70%
8And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Ps 55:4
69%
4My heart is sore pained{H8799)} within me: and the terrors of death are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
Ps 73:2
69%
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone {H8804)}{H8675)}{H8803)}; my steps had well nigh slipped{H8795)}.
Jer 4:18
69%
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Ps 32:3
69%
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Ps 32:5
69%
5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.