Psalms 38:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭בְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑ךָ אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י מִפְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽי׃

Transliteration

No mᵊtōm in bᵊśārî from face of za'meḵā; no šālôm in 'ătsāmay from face of ḥaṭṭā'tî

Grammar Details

• *mᵊtōm*: noun - soundness/wholeness/health
• *bᵊśārî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in my flesh
• *za'meḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your indignation
• *šālôm*: noun - peace/wholeness/welfare
• *'ătsāmay*: noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in my bones
• *ḥaṭṭā'tî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sin

Word Meanings

• *mᵊtōm*: soundness/wholeness/health/integrity
• *bᵊśār*: flesh/body/skin
• *za'em*: indignation/anger/wrath
• *šālôm*: peace/health/wholeness/welfare
• *'ătsām*: bones/substance/body
• *ḥaṭṭā't*: sin/offense/transgression

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For my wickednesses are gone ouer my heade, and are like a sore burthen, to heuy forme to beare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head: and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 9:6 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
• Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
• Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come upon my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
• Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
• Lev 7:18 : 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be counted to him who offers it: it shall be an abomination, and the person who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.