Psalms 69:8

69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

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I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

I am become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother’s children.

69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

What does Psalms 69:8 mean?

Psalms 69:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include זוּר (zûwr), אָח (ʼâch), נׇכְרִי (nokrîy).

Hebrew interlinear

become

strangerזוּרzûwr/zoor/H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

unto

brethren,אָחʼâch/awkh/H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

and

alienנׇכְרִיnokrîy/nok-ree'/H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

unto

mother'sאֵםʼêm/ame/H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

children.בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Topics

Persecution Prophecies Respecting Christ Zeal, Religious

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:8.

Ezekiel 44:25

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

Isaiah 28:21

For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Obadiah 1:11

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. captive: or, his substance

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 69:8 say?

Psalms 69:8 (King James Version) reads: "I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children."

Is Psalms 69:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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