Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness.
New American Standard Bible
Because of
King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Holman Bible
because of my foolishness.
International Standard Version
My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.
A Conservative Version
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
American Standard Version
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
Amplified
My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.
Darby Translation
My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Julia Smith Translation
For mine iniquities passed over my head: as a heavy lifting up they will be loaded above me.
King James 2000
My wounds are foul and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness.
Modern King James verseion
My wounds have putrefied and rotted, because of my foolishness.
NET Bible
My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.
New Heart English Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
The Emphasized Bible
My wounds are of bad odour - they have festered, by reason of my folly:
Webster
My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
World English Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness. 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.
Cross References
Psalm 32:3
For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.
Psalm 38:7
For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.
Psalm 69:5
God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee.
Isaiah 1:5-6
Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy.
Jeremiah 8:22
for there is no more treacle at Gilead, and there is no Physician, that can heal the hurt of my people.