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Psalms 38:7

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

KJV

Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo ; sed et frustra conturbatur : thesaurizat, et ignorat cui congregabit ea.

Vulgate

μέντοι γε ἐν εἰκόνι διαπορεύεται ἄνθρωπος, πλὴν μάτην ταράσσονται· θησαυρίζει, καὶ οὐ γινώσκει τίνι συνάξει αὐτά.

LXX

For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

ASV

נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי שַׁחֹ֣תִי עַד מְאֹ֑ד כָּל הַ֝/יּ֗וֹם קֹדֵ֥ר הִלָּֽכְתִּי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ
h'vynv
verb · 17×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשַּׁ֥ח
yshch
verb · 20×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
קֹדֵ֥ר
qdr
verb · 16×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is the image of God in man? Is the image of God in irrational creatures? Is the image of God in the angels more than in man? Is the image of God in every man? Is the image of God in man by comparison with the Essence, or with all the Divine Persons, or with one of them? Is the image of God in man, as to his mind only? Is the image of God in man's power or in his habits and acts…

Cross-references

  • Job 2:8 — And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
  • Ps 6:2 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.