Psalms 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some †to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. to lament with me.
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- Isaiah 63:5Rank 1 from verse 20
5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
5*And I looked, and there was none to helpe; and I wondered that there was none to vphold: therefore mine owne arme brought saluation vnto me, and my furie, it vpheld me.
- Psalms 142:4Rank 3 from verse 20
- Mark 14:50Rank 4 from verse 20
- Matthew 26:56Rank 5 from verse 20
- 2 Timothy 4:16–17Rank 6 from verse 20
16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
16At my first answere no man stood with mee, but all men forsooke mee: I pray God that it may not bee laid to their charge.
17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully knowen, and that all the Gentiles might heare: and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lyon.
- John 12:27Rank 7 from verse 20
- John 16:32Rank 8 from verse 20
32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
32*Behold, the houre commeth, yea is now come, that ye shall be scattered, euery man to his ‖owne, and shall leaue me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Hebrews 11:36Rank 9 from verse 20
- Job 19:21–22Rank 10 from verse 20
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
21Haue pity vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22Why doe ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Mark 14:37Rank 11 from verse 20
- Matthew 26:37–38Rank 12 from verse 20
37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
37And hee tooke with him Peter, and the two sonnes of Zebedee, and beganne to be sorrowful, and very heauie.
38Then saith he vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorrowfull, euen vnto death: tary ye heere, & watch with me.
- Psalms 123:4Rank 13 from verse 20
- Psalms 42:10Rank 14 from verse 20
- Psalms 42:6Rank 15 from verse 20
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Psalms 69:20
Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Sorrow, grief, mourning, distress, or burden of heart.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: Compassion or sorrow awakened by another's distress. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel or show compassion.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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comforters
Persons who comfort, strengthen, encourage, or console.
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1. Discovered or obtained. 2. Established or founded.
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19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
19Thou hast knowen my reproch and my shame and my dishonor: mine aduersaries are all before thee.
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
20Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some †to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Selected passage21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
21They gaue mee also gall for my meat, *and in my thirst they gaue mee vineger to drinke.