Psalms 73:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.”

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BSBPD

“Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 73:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
  2. Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
  3. Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
  4. Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
  5. Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
  6. Isaiah 29:7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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