Psalms 38:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 39:2 : 2 I was dumb `with' silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for -- let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?' 11 And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, `Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said `so' to him; 12 it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 38:14-16
    3 verses
    90%

    14Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

    15Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

    16When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

  • Ps 39:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.

    10Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked `is' before me.'

    2I was dumb `with' silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

  • Isa 42:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.

    19Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?

    20Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

    17Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

  • Ps 38:12
    73%

    12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

  • Isa 50:5
    73%

    5The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.

  • Ezek 33:22
    72%

    22And the hand of Jehovah hath been unto me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He openeth my mouth till the coming in unto me in the morning, and opened is my mouth, and I have not been silent again.

  • Dan 10:15
    72%

    15`And when he speaketh with me about these things, I have set my face toward the earth, and have been silent;

  • Prov 31:8
    72%

    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

  • Ps 31:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

    13For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear `is' round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

  • Isa 53:7
    71%

    7It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

  • Ps 22:13
    71%

    13They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

  • Ps 32:3
    71%

    3When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

  • Ps 38:8
    71%

    8I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

  • Matt 13:13
    70%

    13`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

  • Jer 11:19
    70%

    19And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

  • Job 29:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

    11For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth `to' me.

  • Job 13:19
    70%

    19Who `is' he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

  • Job 31:34
    70%

    34Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

  • Isa 38:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13I have set `Him' till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

    14As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression `is' on me, be my surety.

    15-- What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

  • Isa 32:3
    70%

    3And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

  • Ezek 3:26
    69%

    26and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house `are' they.

  • Job 32:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14And he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him.

    15(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.

    16And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)

  • Isa 29:18
    69%

    18And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.

  • Job 33:8
    69%

    8Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

  • Prov 5:13
    69%

    13And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

  • Ps 115:6
    69%

    6Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

  • Job 13:17
    69%

    17Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

  • Ps 88:4
    69%

    4I have been reckoned with those going down `to' the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

  • Job 29:21
    69%

    21To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

  • Ezek 24:27
    69%

    27In that day opened is thy mouth with the escaped, And thou speakest, and art not silent any more, And thou hast been to them for a type. And they have known that I `am' Jehovah.'

  • Ps 73:22
    69%

    22And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

  • Ps 55:12
    69%

    12For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear `it', He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

  • Job 30:20
    69%

    20I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.

  • Acts 8:32
    69%

    32And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

  • Job 3:16
    68%

    16(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)