Psalms 38:13

But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

But I, as a deaf {H2795} man, heard {H8085} not; and I was as a dumb man {H483} that openeth {H6605}{H8799)} not his mouth {H6310}.

But I'm like a deaf man - I don't hear it; and, like a mute, I don't say a word.

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 39:9 (4 votes)

    I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

  • Isaiah 53:7 (4 votes)

    He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

  • Psalms 39:2 (4 votes)

    I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • 1 Peter 2:23 (3 votes)

    Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

  • 2 Samuel 16:10 (2 votes)

    And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

  • 2 Samuel 16:12 (2 votes)

    It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.