Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. New Living Translation My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance. English Standard Version My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. Berean Standard Bible My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. King James Bible My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. New King James Version My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. New American Standard Bible My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far away. NASB 1995 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. NASB 1977 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Legacy Standard Bible My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Amplified Bible My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my neighbors stand far away. Christian Standard Bible My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance. Holman Christian Standard Bible My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance. American Standard Version My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Contemporary English Version Because of my sickness, no friends or neighbors will come near me. English Revised Version My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off. GOD'S WORD® Translation My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness. Good News Translation My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me. International Standard Version As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance. Majority Standard Bible My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. NET Bible Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. New Heart English Bible My loved ones and my friends keep their distance because of my affliction. My kinsmen stand far away. Webster's Bible Translation My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off. World English Bible My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off. Young's Literal Translation My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood. Smith's Literal Translation My heart moved about rapidly, my strength forsook me, and the light of mine eyes also they not with me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off : Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Friends and companions shun my disease; my neighbors stand far off. New Revised Standard Version My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy neighbors and my friends stood aside from my grief; and my kinsmen stood off. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated My friends and my neighbors have stood before my sorrow and my relatives have been staying at a distance. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Brenton Septuagint Translation My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger…10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded. 11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. 12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.… Cross References Job 19:13-19 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. / My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. / My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. ... Lamentations 1:2 She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. Lamentations 1:17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. Job 6:15-23 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow, / darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow, / but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat. ... Job 19:21-22 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. / Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh? Jeremiah 30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins. Micah 7:5-6 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household. Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found. Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Matthew 26:56 But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled. Mark 14:50 Then everyone deserted Him and fled. John 16:32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. Matthew 27:55-56 And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him. / Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons. Luke 23:49 But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things. Treasury of Scripture My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. lovers Psalm 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. Job 6:21-23 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid… Job 19:13-17 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me… stand Luke 10:31,32 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side… sore [heb. Luke 22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. Luke 23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. Jump to Previous Afar Affliction Aloof Associates Avoid Companions Disease Far Friends Kinsmen Lovers Neighbors Neighbours Ones Plague Relations Sore Stand Stood Stroke WoundsJump to Next Afar Affliction Aloof Associates Avoid Companions Disease Far Friends Kinsmen Lovers Neighbors Neighbours Ones Plague Relations Sore Stand Stood Stroke WoundsPsalm 38 1. David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful caseMy friends and companions This phrase highlights the personal relationships that David, the psalmist, is lamenting over. In the Hebrew text, the word for "friends" is "רֵעַ" (rea), which can denote a close associate or companion. The term "companions" is translated from "מַכָּר" (makar), suggesting those who are familiar or known to the psalmist. Historically, friendships in ancient Israel were vital for social and economic support, and the loss or distancing of such relationships would have been deeply felt. This phrase sets the stage for understanding the depth of David's isolation and the emotional pain of being abandoned by those he trusted. avoid me because of my wounds my neighbors stand at a distance Kinsmen.--Render rather, as in margin, neighbours, or near ones. Those who should have been near me stand aloof. Verse 11. - My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; or, from my stroke (comp. Psalm 39:10, where the same word is used). The psalmist feels himself to be "stricken, smitten of God" (Isaiah 53:4). He looks for comfort and sympathy to his friends, but they, with a selfishness that is only too common, hold aloof, draw away item him, and desert him (comp. Job 19:13, 14). And my kinsmen stand afar off; or, my neighbours. The stricken deer is forsaken by the rest of the herd (comp. Matthew 26:56, 58).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My belovedאֹֽהֲבַ֨י ׀ (’ō·hă·ḇay) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 157: To have affection f and friends וְרֵעַ֗י (wə·rê·‘ay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow shun יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ (ya·‘ă·mō·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations my disease, נִגְעִ֣י (niḡ·‘î) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5061: Mark -- a blow, a spot and my kinsmen וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י (ū·qə·rō·w·ḇay) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 7138: Near stand עָמָֽדוּ׃ (‘ā·mā·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations at a distance. מֵרָחֹ֥ק (mê·rā·ḥōq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious Links Psalm 38:11 NIVPsalm 38:11 NLT Psalm 38:11 ESV Psalm 38:11 NASB Psalm 38:11 KJV Psalm 38:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 38:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 38:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 38:11 French Bible Psalm 38:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof (Psalm Ps Psa.) |