⁶and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have ¹risen above our heads and our ^aguilt has grown even to the heavens.

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Footnotes

1Lit multiplied over the head

Cross references

a 2 Chr 28:9; Ezra 9:13, 15; Rev 18:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

saying:

“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and prayed:

“I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

NLTNew Living Translation

I prayed,

“O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and said, “My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God. For our sins have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.

KJV 1900King James Version

And said,

O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

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