Psalm 143:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

New Living Translation
I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

English Standard Version
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

Berean Study Bible
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

New American Standard Bible
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah

NASB 1995
I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

NASB 1977
I stretch out my hands to Thee; My soul longs for Thee, as a parched land. Selah.

Amplified Bible
I reach out my hands to You; My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

Christian Standard Bible
I spread out my hands to you; I am like parched land before you. Selah

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I spread out my hands to You; I am like parched land before You. Selah

Contemporary English Version
Then I lift my hands in prayer, because my soul is a desert, thirsty for water from you.

Good News Translation
I lift up my hands to you in prayer; like dry ground my soul is thirsty for you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. Like parched land, my soul thirsts for you. [Selah]

International Standard Version
I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude

NET Bible
I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

New King James Version
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

King James 2000 Bible
I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.

New Heart English Bible
I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

World English Bible
I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

American King James Version
I stretch forth my hands to you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.

American Standard Version
I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

A Faithful Version
I stretch forth my hands unto You; my soul thirsts after You like a parched land. Selah.

Darby Bible Translation
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, [thirsteth] after thee. Selah.

English Revised Version
I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

Webster's Bible Translation
I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I stretch forth mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Selah.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I stretche foorth myne handes vnto thee: my soule as a thirstie lande gaspeth vnto thee. Selah.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I stretch forth my hondes vnto the, my soule crieth vnto the out of the thyrstie londe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I have spread forth my hands to You, "" My soul [is] as a weary land for You. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Smith's Literal Translation
I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I have stretched forth my hands to you; my soul is thirsty for you like the ground.

Lamsa Bible
I stretch forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts after thee, as a thirsty land.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I spread forth my hands unto Thee; My soul [thirsteth] after Thee, as a weary land. Selah

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.
















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