Psalms 38:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.”
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“For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden--too heavy for me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 38:4 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 7:18If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
- Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Job 33:19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
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