Psalms 69:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let not those who wait on you, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; let not those who seek you be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹא־נִכְחָֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

'ĕlōhîm 'attâ yāda'tā to-'iwwaltî and-'ašmôtay from-you not-niḵḥādû

Grammar Details

• *'ĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
• *'attâ*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
• *yāda'tā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you know
• *'iwwaltî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition lĕ - to my folly
• *'ašmôtay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction waw - and my guilt/guilt-offerings
• *niḵḥādû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are hidden

Word Meanings

• *'ĕlōhîm*: God/gods
• *yāda'tā*: you know/you knew
• *'iwwaltî*: my folly/my foolishness
• *'ašmôtay*: my guilt/my sins/my trespasses/my wrongdoings
• *niḵḥādû*: they are hidden/they are concealed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  God, you know my foolishness, and my guilt is not hidden from you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let not them that wait{H8802)} on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed{H8799)} for my sake: let not those that seek{H8764)} thee be confounded{H8735)} for my sake, O God of Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let not them that trust in the (o LORDE God of hoostes) be ashamed for my cause: let not those yt seke the, be confounded thorow me, o God of Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let not them that trust in thee, O Lorde God of hostes, be ashamed for me: let not those that seeke thee, be confounded through mee, O God of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let not them that trust in thee O Lorde God of hoastes, be for my cause ashamed: let not those that seke thee, be through me confounded O Lorde of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
• Ps 7:7 : 7 So shall the congregation of the people surround you: for their sakes therefore return on high.
• Ps 25:3 : 3 Indeed, let none who wait on You be ashamed; let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.
• Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
• Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.
• Luke 24:19-21 : 19 And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that it was he who was going to redeem Israel: and besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.
• Acts 4:7 : 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or by what name have you done this?
• Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out of it.
• Acts 13:23 : 23 Of this man's seed has God according to his promise raised to Israel a Savior, Jesus: