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Psalms 38:11
11My family and my friends stay away from me, because of my illness. They do not come near to me.
Psalms 38:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- New International Version (NIV)My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
Context of Psalms 38:11
9My Lord, you already know what I want most. You hear me when I cry with pain. 10My heart beats very fast, and my strength is leaving me. Even my eyes can no longer see properly. My family and my friends stay away from me, because of my illness. They do not come near to me. 12My enemies prepare traps, because they want to kill me. They talk about ways to destroy me. They want to hurt me, so they talk about that all through the day. 13But I am like a deaf man who hears nothing. I am like a dumb man who says nothing.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:11 word by word
אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 38:11
- Psalms 31:11All my enemies hate me. My friends insult me. Everyone who knows me is afraid of me. They run away when they see me in the street.
- Job 6:21My friends, you have become like those streams. You see my great problem, and you are afraid.
- Job 19:13God has caused my brothers to stay away from me. My friends do not want to meet me.
- Matthew 26:56The prophets wrote long ago that all this would happen to me. Now it has become true.’ Then all of Jesus' disciples ran away and left him.
- John 16:32But it will happen very soon that all of you will run away to your own homes. Yes, that time has already arrived. You will run away and leave me alone. But I will not really be alone, because the Father is always with me.
- Luke 10:31But it happened that a priest from the temple was going down that road. He saw the man, who was lying there. But he walked past him on the other side of the road.
- Luke 22:54Then they took hold of Jesus. They took him away and they brought him to the house of the leader of the priests. Peter was following them, but he did not go near Jesus.
- Luke 23:49The friends of Jesus were there. The women that had come with him from Galilee were also there. They were all standing a long way away. They also saw what happened to him.
Commentaries on Psalms 38:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11My lovers - Those who professed much affection for me; my friends, רעי reai, my companions, who never before left my company, stand aloof. My kinsmen - קרובי kerobai, my neighbors, stand afar off. I am deserted by all, and they stand off because of נגעי nigi, my plague. They considered me as suffering under a Divine judgment; and, thinking me an accursed being, they avoided me lest they should be infected by my disease.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11My lovers - See the notes at Psalm 31:11. The reference here is to those who professed to be his friends. And my friends - The word used here means properly an acquaintance, a companion, a friend, Job 2:11; Job 19:21; then, a lover, a friend, a neighbor. The phrase here would be synonymous with our word “kinsmen.” Stand aloof - They are unwilling to come near me; they leave me to suffer alone. From my sore - Margin: “stroke.” The Hebrew word means…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-12The psalmist wants to reconnect with God but feels distant. He feels lost and alone as his friends leave him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. Friends desert, but foes increase in malignity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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