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King James Version
Psalms 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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Christian Standard Bible®
For we have sunk down to the dust;our bodies cling to the ground.
For we have sunk down to the dust;our bodies cling to the ground.
Hebrew Names Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the eretz.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the eretz.
English Standard Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
New Century Version
We have been pushed down into the dirt; we are flat on the ground.
We have been pushed down into the dirt; we are flat on the ground.
New English Translation
For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.
For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.
Amplified Bible
For our life has melted away into the dust; Our body clings to the ground.
For our life has melted away into the dust; Our body clings to the ground.
New American Standard Bible
For our souls have sunk down into the dust; Our bodies cling to the earth.
For our souls have sunk down into the dust; Our bodies cling to the earth.
World English Bible
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
Legacy Standard Bible
For our soul has sunk down into the dust;Our body cleaves to the earth.
For our soul has sunk down into the dust;Our body cleaves to the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Contemporary English Version
We are flat on the ground, holding on to the dust.
We are flat on the ground, holding on to the dust.
Complete Jewish Bible
Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?
Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?
Darby Translation
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Easy-to-Read Version
We have been pushed down into the dirt. We are lying face down in the dust.
We have been pushed down into the dirt. We are lying face down in the dust.
George Lamsa Translation
For our soul is humbled down to the dust; our body touches the earth.
For our soul is humbled down to the dust; our body touches the earth.
Good News Translation
We fall crushed to the ground; we lie defeated in the dust.
We fall crushed to the ground; we lie defeated in the dust.
Lexham English Bible
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the ground.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the ground.
Literal Translation
For our soul bows down to the dust; our belly holds fast to the earth.
For our soul bows down to the dust; our belly holds fast to the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust, and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde.
For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust, and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde.
American Standard Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Bible in Basic English
For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
King James Version (1611)
For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.
For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto ye grounde.
For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto ye grounde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
English Revised Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
Update Bible Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaves to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaves to the earth.
Webster's Bible Translation
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
New King James Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.
New Living Translation
We collapse in the dust, lying face down in the dirt.
We collapse in the dust, lying face down in the dirt.
New Life Bible
For our soul is brought down to the dust. Our body holds on to the earth.
For our soul is brought down to the dust. Our body holds on to the earth.
New Revised Standard
For we sink down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
For we sink down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(43-25) For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
(43-25) For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
Revised Standard Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground.
Young's Literal Translation
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.
For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.
Contextual Overview
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 66:11, Psalms 66:12, Psalms 119:25, Isaiah 51:23, Lamentations 4:5
Reciprocal: Psalms 31:9 - my soul Isaiah 29:4 - thou shalt
Cross-References
Genesis 43:2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Genesis 43:5
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For our soul is bowed down to the dust,.... Which may signify great declension in spiritual things, much dejection of mind, and little exercise of grace, Psalms 119:25; or a very low estate in temporals; subjection to their enemies; they setting their feet upon their necks, and obliging them to lick the dust of them: and even it may signify nearness to death itself; see Joshua 10:24;
our belly cleaveth to the earth; as persons that lie prostrate, being conquered and suppliants.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For our soul is bowed down to the dust - That is, We are overborne with calamity, so that we sink to the earth. The expression is one that denotes great affliction.
Our belly cleaveth unto the earth - We are like animals that are prone upon the earth, and that cannot rise. The allusion may be to reptiles that cannot stand erect. The figure is intended to denote great prostration and affliction.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 44:25. Our soul is bowed down — Our life is drawing near to the grave. If thou delay to help us, we shall become extinct.
