Berean Standard Bible
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15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
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Psalm 22:15
My God Why Have You Forsaken Me
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
"Potsherd" renders *cheres*, a broken piece of fired clay — dry, brittle, and spent. "Dust of death" translates *afar-mavet*, a compound phrase meaning the dust that belongs to death, the place of the dead; the verb *tishpeteni* is second person singular — "you lay me" — preserving the direct address to God that runs through the psalm, which conventional translations sometimes obscure by rendering it passively.
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15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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15My strength is all dried up [MET]MetaphorT4T flags this as figurative language — the meaning is not literal. The translator should find a natural equivalent metaphor in their target language. like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun. I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. O God, I think that you are about to let me die and become dirt!
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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King James Version
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →BSB and T4T shown with Greek annotations — · Why we show the Greek →
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
My strength is all dried up [MET]MetaphorT4T flags this as figurative language — the meaning is not literal. The translator should find a natural equivalent metaphor in their target language. like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun. I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. O God, I think that you are about to let me die and become dirt!
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יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ be ashamed יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage) be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ earth חֶרֶשׂ cheres a collateral form mediating between H2775 (חֶרֶס) and H2791 (חֶרֶשׁ); a piece of pottery earth(-en), (pot-) sherd, [phrase] stone. ׀ כֹּחִ֗י ability כֹּחַ kôach or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי bay לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960 (לָשַׁן); the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or spe מֻדְבָּ֣ק abide fast דָּבַק dâbaq a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), b מַלְקוֹחָ֑י booty מַלְקוֹחַ malqôwach from H3947 (לָקַח); transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken) booty, jaws, prey. וְֽלַעֲפַר earth עָפָר ʻâphâr from H6080 (עָפַר); dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. ־ מָ֥וֶת death מָוֶת mâveth from H4191 (מוּת); death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d) תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי bring שָׁפַת shâphath a primitive root; to locate, i.e. (generally) hang on or (figuratively) establish, reduce bring, ordain, set on. ׃
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
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