Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
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 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.
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 doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, 22 And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee. 23 And I am continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves are beasts.
Psalm 49:10
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
Job 18:3
Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
Psalm 32:9
Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
Psalm 69:5
O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.
Proverbs 30:2
For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 1:3
An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.