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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי רדף אויב נפשי-- דכא לארץ חיתי הושבני במחשכים כמתי עולם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky rdp Avyb npSHy-- dkA lArTS KHyty hvSHbny bmKHSHkym kmty `vlm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
Domine quid est homo quia cognoscis eum filius hominis quia conputas eum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
New King James Version   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in darkness, Like those who have long been dead.
21st Century King James Version   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground. He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because the enemy pursues my soul and he has humbled my life in the Earth and made me to dwell in darkness like the dead for eternity.
Darby Bible Translation   
For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
God's Word   
The enemy has pursued me. He has ground my life into the dirt. He has made me live in dark places like those who have died long ago.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead.
International Standard Version   
For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago.
NET Bible   
Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
New American Standard Bible   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
New International Version   
The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
New Living Translation   
My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
The World English Bible   
For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
EasyEnglish Bible   
My enemies are chasing me. They knock me down to the ground. They make me live in dark places, like people who have been dead for a long time.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
New Life Version   
For the one who hates me has made it hard for my soul. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, like those who have been dead for a long time.
The Voice Bible   
My adversary has pressed in, drawn closer, threatened my life; he’s crushed me, driven me underground. He’s forced me to live in the dark; it’s as if I joined those who died a long time ago.
Living Bible   
My enemies chased and caught me. They have knocked me to the ground. They force me to live in the darkness like those in the grave.
New Catholic Bible   
An enemy has stalked me unrelentingly and crushed me into the ground; he has left me to live in darkness like those long dead.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For the enemy has pursued my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me inhabit dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Christian Standard Bible   
For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.
New Century Version   
My enemies are chasing me; they crushed me to the ground. They made me live in darkness like those long dead.
The Message   
The enemy hunted me down; he kicked me and stomped me within an inch of my life. He put me in a black hole, buried me like a corpse in that dungeon. I sat there in despair, my spirit draining away, my heart heavy, like lead. I remembered the old days, went over all you’ve done, pondered the ways you’ve worked, Stretched out my hands to you, as thirsty for you as a desert thirsty for rain.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For the enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life to the ground. He makes me dwell in dark places like those long dead,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Good News Translation®   
My enemies have hunted me down and completely defeated me. They have put me in a dark prison, and I am like those who died long ago.
Wycliffe Bible   
For the enemy pursued my soul; he made low my life in [the] earth. He hath set me in dark places, as the dead men of the world, (For the enemy hath pursued me; and he hath brought me down low to the ground. He hath put me in dark places, like the dead of the world,)
Contemporary English Version   
My enemies are chasing me, crushing me in the ground. I am in total darkness, like someone long dead.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the enemy has pursued me; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The enemy is chasing me, crushing my life in the dirt, forcing me to live in the dark like those who’ve been dead forever.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For the enemy has persecuted me, He has crushed my life down to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
New American Standard Bible   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
The Expanded Bible   
My enemies are ·chasing [pursuing; persecuting] me; they crushed me to the ground. They made me ·live [sit] in darkness like those long dead [Lam. 3:6].
Tree of Life Version   
For an enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life down to the ground. He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
Revised Standard Version   
For the enemy has pursued me; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
New International Reader's Version   
My enemies chase me. They crush me down to the ground. They make me live in the darkness like those who died long ago.
BRG Bible   
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For an enemy is pursuing me; he has crushed my life into the ground and left me to live in darkness, like those who have been long dead.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For the oyev (enemy) hath persecuted my nefesh; he hath struck down my life to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in places of choshech (darkness), like metei olam (those long dead).
Names of God Bible   
The enemy has pursued me. He has ground my life into the dirt. He has made me live in dark places like those who have died long ago.
Modern English Version   
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those who have been long dead.
Easy-to-Read Version   
My enemies are chasing me. They have crushed me into the dirt. They are pushing me into the dark grave, like people who died long ago.
International Children’s Bible   
My enemies are chasing me. They have crushed me to the ground. They have made me live in darkness like those who are long dead.
Lexham English Bible   
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like those long dead.
New International Version - UK   
The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.