Psalms 69:11 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.

English ASV

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

English Amplified

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword (an object of scorn) to them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword (an object of scorn) to them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

English EASY 2024

When I wear sackcloth to show that I am sad, people laugh at me.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When I wear sackcloth to show my sorrow, they tell jokes about me.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I dress myself in clothes of mourning, and they laugh at me.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

English KJV 1611

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

English LSB

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

I have wept and fasted, but this led only to scorn.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

When I put on black clothes to show how sad I am, people make jokes about me.

English NIV

when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

English NKJ 1982

I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

English NLT

When I dress in sackcloth to show sorrow, they make fun of me.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When I humble myself with sorrow over my sin, it gives them a reason to mock me even more.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

How they talk about me when I wear sackcloth to show my humiliation and sorrow for my sins!

English Tyndale 1537

I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me.

Psalms 69:11 — Compare Translations