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Psalms 38:11
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,and my relatives stand at a distance.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand afar off.
Because of my sickness, my friends and neighbors will not visit me; my family will not come near me.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
Because of my sickness, no friends or neighbors will come near me.
My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.
My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
My louers and my friends stand a loofe from my sore: and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand apart from my stroke, and my neighbors have stood far off.
Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors avoid me, and my relatives stay far away.
Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.
My loved ones and my friends stay away from me because of my sickness. My family stands far away.
My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, - and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
(37-12) My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:
My neighbors and my friends stood aside from my grief; and my kinsmen stood off.
My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far away.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague: and my kinsmen stoode a farre of.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.
My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;
My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand afar off.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
My louers & frendes stonde lokynge vpon my trouble, and my kynsmen are gone a farre of.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;And my kinsmen stand afar off.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
lovers: Psalms 31:11, Job 6:21-23, Job 19:13-17, Matthew 26:56, John 16:32
stand: Luke 10:31, Luke 10:32
sore: Heb. stroke
kinsmen: or, neighbours
afar off: Luke 22:54, Luke 23:49
Reciprocal: Job 6:15 - My brethren Job 19:14 - kinsfolk Psalms 88:18 - Lover Psalms 102:7 - alone Proverbs 19:7 - the brethren Matthew 26:31 - and the Mark 14:33 - and began Mark 14:50 - General Mark 15:40 - women
Cross-References
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow at your father's house until Shelah my [youngest] son is grown"; [but he was deceiving her] for he thought that [if Shelah should marry her] he too might die like his brothers did. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
Tamar was told, "Listen, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
'But if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat her father's food; but no layman shall eat it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore,.... As if it was a plague sore, lest they should be infected with it; or because they could not bear the stench of his wounds, and the loathsomeness of his disease, or to see him in his agonies, and hear his roaring and his groans, Psalms 38:2; or as taking his case to be desperate, as if he was just dying, and no help could be given him, Psalms 38:10; If it was the leprosy, as some Jewish writers have affirmed, the word נגע, translated "sore", being used for the plague of the leprosy, they were obliged by the ceremonial law to keep at a distance from him: but this rather seems to be voluntary, and to proceed from neglect and contempt. These "lovers" and "friends" were such for whom David had had an affection, and had been friendly to, and therefore it was ungrateful in them to act the part they did; and such who had pretended love and friendship to him in his health and prosperity, but now had deserted him, which is a common case; see Job 19:13. Afflictions try men's friends; and as that is a time when friendly visits are most wanting and most useful, so it is an aggravation of the affliction, and makes it the heavier when such are denied;
and my kinsmen stand afar off; that were near to him by the ties of nature or friendship.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My lovers - See the notes at Psalms 31:11. The reference here is to those who professed to be his friends.
And my friends - The word used here means properly an acquaintance, a companion, a friend, Job 2:11; Job 19:21; then, a lover, a friend, a neighbor. The phrase here would be synonymous with our word “kinsmen.”
Stand aloof - They are unwilling to come near me; they leave me to suffer alone.
From my sore - Margin: “stroke.” The Hebrew word means properly a stroke, a blow, Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 21:5; then a stroke in the sense of calamities or judgments, such as God brings upon men: Genesis 12:17; Exodus 11:1. The meaning here is, that they stand aloof from him, or refuse to come near him, as if he were afflicted with some contagious disease.
And my kinsmen - Margin: “neighbors.” The Hebrew word used here - קרוב qârôb - means properly near, nigh; spoken of a place, Genesis 19:20; then of time, Isaiah 13:6; then of kindred or affinity, Numbers 27:11; and then of friendship, meaning our intimate acquaintance - as we should say, those who are “near” to us, Job 19:14. The word would be applicable to neighbors or to warm personal friends.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 38:11. My lovers — Those who professed much affection for me; my friends, רעי reai, my companions, who never before left my company, stand aloof.
My kinsmen — קרובי kerobai, my neighbours, stand afar off. I am deserted by all, and they stand off because of נגעי nigi, my plague. They considered me as suffering under a Divine judgment; and, thinking me an accursed being, they avoided me lest they should be infected by my disease.
