Psalms 35:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃

Transliteration

Kə-rêaʿ kə-ʾāḥ lî hithalāktî; ka-ʾăbel-ʾēm qōdēr šaḥôtî.

Grammar Details

• *Kə*: preposition - like/as
• *rêaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - friend
• *kə*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾāḥ*: noun, masculine singular - brother
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *hithalāktî*: hitpael perfect, 1st person singular - I walked about
• *ka*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾăbel*: noun, masculine singular construct - mourning for
• *ʾēm*: noun, feminine singular - mother
• *qōdēr*: adjective, masculine singular - darkened/gloomy
• *šaḥôtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I bowed down

Word Meanings

• *rêaʿ*: friend/companion/neighbor
• *ʾāḥ*: brother/kinsman
• *hithalāktî*: I walked about/conducted myself/behaved
• *ʾăbel*: mourning/grief
• *ʾēm*: mother/female parent
• *qōdēr*: darkened/gloomy/in mourning attire
• *šaḥôtî*: I bowed down/stooped/was bent over

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down{H8804)} heavily{H8802)}, as one that mourneth for his mother.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I wete heuely, as one yt mourneth for his mother.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I kept them company whersoeuer they went, as though they had ben my frende or brother: I went heauyly, as one that mourned for his mother.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As `if' a friend, as `if' my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:67 : 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
• 2 Sam 1:11-12 : 11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
• 2 Sam 1:17-27 : 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is disdainfully cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, you were slain in your high places. 26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been to me: your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
• Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long.
• Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.