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Psalms 38:14

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, In whose mouth are no arguments.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Conviction;   Meekness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deafness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Reproof;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Zion;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 5;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.
Christian Standard Bible®
I am like a man who does not hearand has no arguments in his mouth.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am like those who cannot hear what people are saying about them. I cannot answer to prove my enemies wrong.
American Standard Version
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Contemporary English Version
I am completely deaf and can't make a sound.
Complete Jewish Bible
But I'm like a deaf man — I don't hear it; and, like a mute, I don't say a word.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
King James Version (1611)
Thus I was as a man that heareth not; and in whose mouth are no reproofes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
English Revised Version
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Berean Standard Bible
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Lexham English Bible
And so I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.
Literal Translation
And I am as a man who is not hearing, and who has no rebukes in his mouth.
New Century Version
I am like those who do not hear, who have no answer to give.
New English Translation
I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.
New King James Version
Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.
New Living Translation
I choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply.
New Life Bible
Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, and whose mouth does not argue.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-15) And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth is no reproof.
Good News Translation
I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.
New American Standard Bible
Yes, I am like a person who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.
King James Version
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I became euen as a man that heareth not: and who hath no replies in his mouth.
New Revised Standard
Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
Darby Translation
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
World English Bible
Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.
Revised Standard Version
Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
Update Bible Version
Yes, I am as a man that does not hear, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
Bible in Basic English
So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am become as a man that heareth not, and that can make no resistaunce wt his mouth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I am like a man who does not hear,And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Contextual Overview

12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction; They devise treachery all the day long. 13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. 14Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, In whose mouth are no arguments.15For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. 16For I pray, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me." 17For I am ready to fall; My sorrow is continually before me. 18For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with anxiety because of my sin. 19But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong, And those who hate me without cause are many. 20They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me, Because I follow what is good. 21Do not abandon me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that heareth: Amos 5:13, Micah 7:5, Mark 15:3-5, John 8:6

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:36 - held their peace Psalms 39:2 - I was Matthew 27:12 - General Luke 23:9 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 24:65
She said to the servant, "Who is that man there walking across the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "He is my master [Isaac]." So she took a veil and covered herself [as was customary].
Genesis 38:11
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.
Genesis 38:13
Tamar was told, "Listen, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
Genesis 38:26
Judah recognized the articles, and said, "She has been more righteous [in this matter] than I, because I did not give her to my son Shelah [as I had promised]." And Judah did not have [intimate] relations with her again.
Proverbs 7:12
At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places, Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner.
Jeremiah 3:2
"Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see; Where have you not been violated? You sat by the road waiting [eagerly] for them [those man-made gods] Like an Arab [tribesman who waits to attack] in the desert, And you have desecrated the land With your [vile] prostitution and your wickedness (disobedience to God).
Ezekiel 16:25
"At the beginning of every street you built your high place and made your beauty repulsive; and you offered your body to every passer-by and multiplied your obscene immorality.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus I was as a man that heareth not,.... Any thing that is said unto him; he took no more notice of it than if he had never heard it; but bore all the railings and calumnies of men with calmness and patience;

and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs; as if he had nothing to say for himself, in vindication of his character, and to the refutation of his enemies; as if he had no arguments to make use of, for the conviction and reproof of his adversaries.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus I was as a man that heareth not - The sentiment in the former verse is repeated here to show the greatness of his patience and forbearance, or to fix the attention on the fact that one who was so calumniated and wronged could bear it patiently.

And in whose mouth are no reproofs - As a man who never reproved another; who, whatever might be the wrong which he endured, never replied to it; as he would be who was incapable of reproof, or who had no faculty for reproving. The whole of this is designed to show his entire patience under the wrongs which he suffered.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 38:14. No reproofs. — תוכחות tochachoth, arguments or vindications; a forensic term. I was as a man accused in open court, and I could make no defence.


 
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