Parallel Verses
Amplified
Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
New American Standard Bible
And our steps
King James Version
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Holman Bible
our steps have not strayed from Your path.
International Standard Version
Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path.
A Conservative Version
Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
American Standard Version
Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
Bible in Basic English
Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;
Darby Translation
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Julia Smith Translation
Our heart drew not back, and thou wilt not incline our going from thy path;
King James 2000
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have [not] turned aside from your way.
Modern King James verseion
Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps turned aside from Your way,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Our heart is not turned back, neither our steps gone out of thy way,
NET Bible
We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.
New Heart English Bible
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
The Emphasized Bible
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
Webster
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
World English Bible
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
Youngs Literal Translation
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
Themes
Apostates » Saints do not become
Forgetting God » Trials should not lead to
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » Even under affliction
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 44:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Complaint
17
All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].
Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals
And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 119:51
The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
Psalm 119:157
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.
Psalm 78:57
They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].
1 Kings 15:5
because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of [the betrayal of] Uriah the Hittite.
Job 23:11-12
“My feet have carefully followed His steps;
I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
Job 34:27
Because they turned aside from following Him
And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways,
Psalm 125:5
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.
Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the wickedness of their ancestors who refused to hear My words; they have followed other gods [in order] to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My [solemn] covenant which I made with their fathers.”
Zephaniah 1:6
And those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And those who have not sought the Lord [as their most important need] or inquired of Him.”
Luke 17:32
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, and so is God, how unworldly and just and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe [in our Lord Jesus Christ].