16When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;


In Context

13 Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

14 For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

15 If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

16 When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; then understood I their end.

18 Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

Psalm 73:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

73:16When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

73:16When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

73:16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

73:16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

73:16When I thought how I might know this, it was too painful for me;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

73:16And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

73:16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;