Psalm 69:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

New Living Translation
When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.

English Standard Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

Berean Study Bible
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

New American Standard Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.

NASB 1995
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

NASB 1977
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

Amplified Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning], I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

Christian Standard Bible
I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

Contemporary English Version
They sneered at me for wearing sackcloth to show my sorrow.

Good News Translation
I dress myself in clothes of mourning, and they laugh at me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.

International Standard Version
When I dressed in sackcloth, I became an object of gossip among them.

NET Bible
I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

New King James Version
I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

King James 2000 Bible
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

New Heart English Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

World English Bible
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

American King James Version
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

American Standard Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

A Faithful Version
I also made sackcloth my clothing, and I became a proverb to them.

Darby Bible Translation
And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

English Revised Version
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.

Webster's Bible Translation
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I put on a sacke also: and I became a prouerbe vnto them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(69:10) Also I put on sackcloth for my garment: and they iested at me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I put on a sackecloth, and therfore they iested vpon me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I make my clothing sackcloth, "" And I am for an allegory to them.

Young's Literal Translation
And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.

Smith's Literal Translation
And I will give my clothing sackcloth, and I for a parable to them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have made my clothes sackcloth and I have been a proverb to them.

Lamsa Bible
I made sackcloth also my garment and I became a proverb to them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I made sackcloth also my garment, And I became a byword unto them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.
















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