Psalm 32:3–4
Psalm 32:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
Psalm 32:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
Interlude
Psalm 32:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.
Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 When I kept things to myself,
I felt weak deep inside me.
I moaned all day long.
4 Day and night you punished me.
My strength was gone as in the summer heat.
Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:
My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalm 32:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 When I kept silent ⸤about my sins⸥,
my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.
4 Day and night your hand laid heavily on me.
My strength shriveled in the summer heat.
Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was drained
as in the summer’s heat. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 While I kept silence, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 When I kept silent, my bones were worn out
due to my groaning all the day.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.
My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 When I kept silent about my sin,
my body became weak
because I groaned all day long.
4 Day and night
your heavy hand punished me.
I became weaker and weaker
as I do in the heat of summer. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.
Selah.