Psalms 38:14
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 38:14 in other translations
| BSB | I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. |
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| WEB | Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
| ASV | Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
| YLT | Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs. |
| DARBY | Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
| BBE | So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words. |
| Webster | Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
What does Psalms 38:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 38:13-14
13-14. He patiently submits, uttering no reproaches or replies (Joh 19:9) to their insulting speeches;
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 38:12-22
Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us from God and our duty. The true believer's trouble will be made useful; he will learn to wait for his God, and will not seek relief from the world or himself. The less we notice the unkindness and injuries that are done us, the…
Psalms 38:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 38:14
- Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- John 8:6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- Mark 15:3-5
And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
- Micah 7:5
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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Context
- Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
- Psalms 38:14
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
- Psalms 38:15
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Psalms 38:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Fuí pues como un hombre que no oye, y que en su boca no tiene reprensiones. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et moi, comme un sourd, je n’entends pas, et, comme un muet, je n’ouvre pas la bouche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich bin wie ein Mann, der nicht hört, und in dessen Munde keine Gegenreden sind. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Remitte mihi, ut refrigerer priusquam abeam et amplius non ero. |