Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
then I was brutish and ignorant. With you I was [like] the beasts.
New American Standard Bible
I was like
King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Holman Bible
I was an unthinking animal toward You.
International Standard Version
Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.
A Conservative Version
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
American Standard Version
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
Amplified
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
Bible in Basic English
As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
Darby Translation
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
And I stupid, and I shall not know, and I was a beast with thee.
King James 2000
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.
Modern King James verseion
So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.
NET Bible
I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.
New Heart English Bible
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
The Emphasized Bible
But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
Webster
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
World English Bible
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
Themes
Beasts » Described as » Devoid of understanding
Ignorance » Man's » Brevity of life limits knowledge
Man » Ignorance of » Brevity of life limits knowledge
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
21 When my heart was embittered and I felt stabbed in my kidneys, 22 then I was brutish and ignorant. With you I was [like] the beasts. 23 But I [am] continually with you; you have hold of my right hand.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 92:6
[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said to myself concerning {humans}, "God sifts them in order to show them that they are like beasts."
Psalm 49:10
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
Job 18:3
Why are we considered as animals? [Why] are we taken as stupid in your eyes?
Psalm 32:9
Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.
Psalm 69:5
O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you.
Proverbs 30:2
Certainly I [am more] stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind [is] not for me.
Isaiah 1:3
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.