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


In Context

13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.

14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.

15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.

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

17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

Psalms 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:16When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

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;