Parallel Verses
Amplified
For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
New American Standard Bible
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
King James Version
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Holman Bible
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
International Standard Version
My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.
A Conservative Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
American Standard Version
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Darby Translation
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Julia Smith Translation
No soundness in my flesh from thy wrath; no peace in my bones from the face of my sins.
King James 2000
For my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Modern King James verseion
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear.
NET Bible
For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
New Heart English Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
The Emphasized Bible
For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:
Webster
For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
World English Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
Youngs Literal Translation
For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:4
Prayers for Psalm 38:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.
Names
Cross References
Ezra 9:6
and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.
Leviticus 7:18
If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is ever eaten on the third day, then it will not be accepted, and the one who brought it will not be credited with it. It shall be an abhorred (offensive) thing; the one who eats it shall bear his own guilt.
Isaiah 53:11
As a result of the
He shall see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge [of what He has accomplished] the Righteous One,
My Servant, shall justify the many [making them righteous—upright before God, in right standing with Him],
For He shall bear [the responsibility for] their sins.
Lamentations 1:14
“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit and woven together.
They have come upon my neck.
He has made my strength fail;
The Lord has put me into the hand
Of those against whom I cannot stand.
Matthew 11:28
1 Peter 2:24
He personally carried our sins in His body on the