Parallel Verses
Amplified
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.
New American Standard Bible
I became
King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Holman Bible
and I was a joke to them.
International Standard Version
When I dressed in sackcloth, I became an object of gossip among them.
A Conservative Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
American Standard Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Bible in Basic English
When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.
Darby Translation
And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will give my clothing sackcloth, and I for a parable to them.
King James 2000
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became for them a byword.
Modern King James verseion
I also made sackcloth my clothing, and I became a proverb to them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me.
NET Bible
I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
New Heart English Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
The Emphasized Bible
When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;
Webster
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
World English Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
10
When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.
They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Deuteronomy 28:37
And you will become a horror, a proverb [a mere object lesson], and a taunt [a derisive joke] among all the people to which the Lord drives you.
Job 17:6
“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.
Psalm 35:13-14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
Psalm 44:13-14
You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
Isaiah 20:2
at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, untie the
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Joel 1:8
Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with
For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].
Joel 1:13
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth
And lament (cry out in grief), O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing],
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.