14I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.


In Context

11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

14 I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

15 But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16 With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

Psalm 35:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:14As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please : as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.