Psalm 38:21
Modern Translations
New International Version
LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

New Living Translation
Do not abandon me, O LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God.

English Standard Version
Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

Berean Study Bible
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

New American Standard Bible
Do not abandon me, LORD; My God, do not be far from me!

NASB 1995
Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me!

NASB 1977
Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me!

Amplified Bible
Do not abandon me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me.

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.

Contemporary English Version
You are the LORD God! Stay nearby and don't desert me.

Good News Translation
Do not abandon me, O LORD; do not stay away, my God!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant from me.

International Standard Version
Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.

NET Bible
Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

New King James Version
Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me!

King James 2000 Bible
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

New Heart English Bible
Do not forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be far from me.

World English Bible
Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

American King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

American Standard Version
Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

A Faithful Version
Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

Darby Bible Translation
Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

English Revised Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Forsake me not O God: O my Lorde be not thou farre fro me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Forsake me not (O LORDE my God) O go not farre fro me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do not forsake me, O YHWH, "" My God, do not be far from me,

Young's Literal Translation
Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

Smith's Literal Translation
And they requiting evil for good will be mine adversaries, for my pursuing Thou wilt not forsake me, O Jehovah: my God, thou wilt not remove far off from me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not thou depart from me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do not abandon me, LORD JEHOVAH, my God, and do not be far from me.

Lamsa Bible
Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.
















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