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


In Context

11 Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

12 They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn.

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

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

15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware. They slandered me without ceasing.

16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked ; they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalms 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14I 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.

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.