Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Holman Bible
and mingle my drinks with tears
A Conservative Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
American Standard Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Amplified
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
Darby Translation
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Julia Smith Translation
For I ate ashes as bread, and I mingled my drink with weeping.
King James 2000
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, I eat ashes like bread and mix my drink with tears
Modern King James verseion
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I eat ashes with my bread, and mingle my drink with weeping,
NET Bible
For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
New Heart English Bible
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
The Emphasized Bible
For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;
Webster
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
World English Bible
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
Youngs Literal Translation
Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
Themes
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
Cup » Cup of suffering, saints drink of
cup of Suffering » Saints drink of
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affliction In Light Of Eternity
8 My enemies revile me all day long; those who ridicule me use my name to curse. 9 I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears 10 because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.
Cross References
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"
Psalm 80:5
You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.
Job 3:24
"As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water.
Psalm 69:21
They put poison in my food, in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar.
Isaiah 44:20
He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, "There's a lie in my right hand."
Lamentations 3:15-16
He has filled me with bitterness, making me drink wormwood.
Lamentations 3:48-49
My eyes run with rivers of tears over the destruction of my cherished people.
Micah 1:10
"Don't discuss it in Gath! Don't cry bitterly in Akim! Roll in the ashes, Beth-leaphrah!
Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a serpent; they will crawl from their strongholds like snakes. They will fear the LORD our God. They will be terrified because of you.