Psalm 38:5
Strong's Lexicon
My wounds
חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י (ḥab·bū·rō·ṯāy)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2250: 1) bruise, stripe, wound, blow

are foul
הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ (hiḇ·’î·šū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 887: 1) to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad 1a) (Qal) to stink, smell bad 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to become odious 1b2) to make oneself odious 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stink, emit a stinking odour 1c2) to cause to stink 1c3) of wickedness (fig.) 1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself odious 2) (TWOT) to abhor

and festering
נָ֭מַקּוּ (nā·maq·qū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4743: 1) to decay, pine away, rot, fester 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to fester (of wounds) 1a2) to rot, rot away 1a3) to moulder away 1a4) to pine away 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot

because of
מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

my sinful folly.
אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃ (’iw·wal·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 200: 1) foolishness, folly

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

Young's Literal Translation
Stunk—become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

New American Standard Bible
My wounds grow foul [and] fester Because of my folly.

King James Bible
My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

New Living Translation
My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.

English Standard Version
My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,

New American Standard Bible
My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.

King James Bible
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

International Standard Version
My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.

NET Bible
My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

American Standard Version
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

English Revised Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

Young's Literal Translation
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
















Cross References
Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Psalm 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Psalm 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Psalm 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalm 38:7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Psalm 38:8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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