Psalms 69:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.”
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BSBPD
“I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 69:11 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
- Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
- Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 109:24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
- Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- Joel 1:8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
- Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
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