Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and I was a joke to them.
New American Standard Bible
I became
King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb 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.
Amplified
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to 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
but it brought me insults.
and I was a joke to them.
and drunkards make up songs about me.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7
I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them,
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them an object of horror
Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
Job 17:6
I have become a man people spit at.
Psalm 35:13-14
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.
Psalm 44:13-14
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
Isaiah 20:2
during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah
Isaiah 22:12
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Joel 1:8
mourning for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:13
wail,
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.