Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
then I was brutish and ignorant. With you I was [like] the beasts.
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 For my heart was grieved and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You. 23 But I am always with You; You have held me by my right hand.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 92:6
A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart concerning the matter of sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Psalm 49:10
For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Job 18:3
Why are we counted as cattle, or seem stupid in your sight?
Psalm 32:9
Be not like the horse, or like the mule, who have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, so that they do not come near you.
Psalm 69:5
O God, You know my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hidden from You.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more like an animal than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.