God’s Word Translation
Psalms 38:11
11My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness.
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
9You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you. 10My heart is pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of my eyes has left me. My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness. 12Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me. 13But I am like a person who cannot hear and like a person who cannot speak.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:11 word by word
אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:11
- Psalms 31:11I have become a disgrace because of all my opponents. I have become someone dreaded by my friends, even by my neighbors. Those who see me on the street run away from me.
- Job 6:21“So you are as unreliable to me ⌞as they are⌟. You see something terrifying, and you are afraid.
- Job 19:13“My brothers stay far away from me. My friends are complete strangers to me.
- Matthew 26:56All of this has happened so that what the prophets have written would come true.” Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away.
- John 16:32The time is coming, and is already here, when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go your own way and leave me all alone. Yet, I’m not all alone, because the Father is with me.
- Luke 10:31“By chance, a priest was traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he went around him and continued on his way.
- Luke 22:54So they arrested Jesus and led him away to the chief priest’s house. Peter followed at a distance.
- Luke 23:49All his friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance and watched everything.
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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