Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.

King James Version

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Holman Bible

For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.

International Standard Version

I am being mocked because of you. Dishonor overwhelms me.

A Conservative Version

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

American Standard Version

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

Amplified


Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

Bible in Basic English

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

Darby Translation

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

Julia Smith Translation

Because for thee I bare reproach: shame covered my face.

King James 2000

Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face.

Modern King James verseion

because I have borne reproach for Your sake, shame has covered my face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face.

NET Bible

For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.

New Heart English Bible

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

The Emphasized Bible

Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

Webster

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

World English Bible

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Youngs Literal Translation

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

6 May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:15

You who know, O Lord,
Remember me, take notice of me,
And take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that for Your sake I endure reproach.

Psalm 44:22

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.

Psalm 22:6-8

But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.

Psalm 44:15

All day long my dishonor is before me
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Matthew 26:67-68

Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,

Matthew 27:29-30

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:38-44

At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

Luke 23:11

And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:35-37

And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

John 15:21-24

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

Hebrews 12:2

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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