Psalms 88:18 — Compare All Translations

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

Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

English ASV

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

English Amplified

Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.

English EASY 2024

You cause my friends and my neighbours to stay away from me. All that I have near to me is darkness.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me. Now darkness is my closest friend.

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You have made even my closest friends abandon me, and darkness is my only companion.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my [only] friend.

English KJV 1611

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

English LSB

You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Lover and friend have You removed far from me; My acquaintances have become darkness.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.

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

All the day they surge round like a flood; from every side they close in on me.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You have taken my companions and loved ones away from me. The darkness is my closest friend.

English NIV

You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.

English NKJ 1982

Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.

English NLT

You have taken away my companions and loved ones; only darkness remains.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

All my loved ones and friends keep far away from me, leaving me all alone with only darkness as my friend.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Lover, friend, acquaintance—all are gone. There is only darkness everywhere.

English Tyndale 1537

My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and turned away mine acquaintance.

Psalms 88:18 — Compare Translations