Psalm 38:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

New Living Translation
My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear.

English Standard Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Berean Study Bible
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

New American Standard Bible
For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

NASB 1995
For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

NASB 1977
For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Amplified Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood]; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Christian Standard Bible
For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

Contemporary English Version
are so heavy that I am crushed.

Good News Translation
I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.

International Standard Version
My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.

NET Bible
For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

New King James Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

King James 2000 Bible
For my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

New Heart English Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

World English Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

American King James Version
For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

American Standard Version
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

A Faithful Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Darby Bible Translation
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

English Revised Version
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Webster's Bible Translation
For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head: and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For my wickednesses are gone ouer my heade, and are like a sore burthen, to heuy forme to beare.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For my iniquities have passed over my head, "" As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

Young's Literal Translation
For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

Smith's Literal Translation
No soundness in my flesh from thy wrath; no peace in my bones from the face of my sins.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For my iniquities are gone over my head : and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
For my crimes have passed above my head, and like heavy cargo, they are heavy for me.

Lamsa Bible
For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a great burden they are too heavy for me.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For mine iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.
















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