Psalms 42:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוֹמְרָ֤ה ׀ לְאֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֢ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃

Transliteration

ʾômrâ to-ʾēl salʿî why šəkaḥtānî why-qōdēr ʾēlēk in-laḥaṣ ʾôyēb

Grammar Details

• *ʾômrâ*: verb, qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - 'I will say/let me say'
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - 'God'
• *salʿî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my rock'
• *šəkaḥtānî*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'you have forgotten me'
• *qōdēr*: adjective, masculine singular - 'mourning/in mourning garment'
• *ʾēlēk*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'I walk/go'
• *laḥaṣ*: noun, masculine singular - 'oppression/pressure'
• *ʾôyēb*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - 'enemy'

Word Meanings

• *ʾômrâ*: I will say/let me say
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *salʿî*: my rock/my cliff/my stronghold
• *šəkaḥtānî*: you have forgotten me
• *qōdēr*: mourning/in dark clothing/in mourning attire
• *laḥaṣ*: oppression/pressure/affliction
• *ʾôyēb*: enemy/foe/adversary

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies{H8802)} reproach{H8765)} me; while they say{H8800)} daily unto me, Where is thy God?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  daylie sayenge vnto me: where is now thy God?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  My bones are cut asunder, while mine enemies reproch me, saying dayly vnto me, Where is thy God?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It was as a sworde in my bones, when myne enemies dyd cast me in the teeth: in saying dayly vnto me, where is nowe thy Lorde?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where `is' thy God?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

• World English Bible (2000)

  As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?
• Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• Mic 7:10 : 10 Then she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes shall behold her; now she shall be trampled down as the mire of the streets.
• Luke 2:35 : 35 (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.