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Psalm 31:12

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31:12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about;23

I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.24

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Footnotes

  1. 23 Heb “I am forgotten, like a dead man, from [the] heart.” The “heart” is here viewed as the center of one’s thoughts.
  2. 24 Heb “I am like a broken jar.” One throws away a broken jar without a second thought because it is considered worthless and useless.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I have been forgotten like one who is dead;

I have become like a broken vessel.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I am forgotten as though I were dead;

I have become like broken pottery.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am forgotten: gone from memory

like a dead person—like broken pottery.

NLTNew Living Translation

I am ignored as if I were dead,

as if I were a broken pot.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have become forgotten like one dead, out of mind.

I am like a destroyed vessel.

KJV 1900King James Version

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:

I am like a broken vessel.