NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Surely I have behavedshavah (shaw-vaw') to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.) and quieted damam (daw-man') to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish myself nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) as a child that is weaned gamal (gaw-mal') to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean of his mother 'em (ame) a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting. my soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) is even as a weaned child gamal (gaw-mal') to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me. King James Bible Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Holman Christian Standard Bible Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself like a little weaned child with its mother; I am like a little child. International Standard Version Instead, I have composed and quieted myself like a weaned child with its mother; I am like a weaned child. NET Bible Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But my soul is humbled like one weaned of his mother, and my soul is like one weaned of me. GOD'S WORD® Translation Instead, I have kept my soul calm and quiet. My soul is content as a weaned child is content in its mother's arms. King James 2000 Bible Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Links Psalm 131:2Psalm 131:2 NIV Psalm 131:2 NLT Psalm 131:2 ESV Psalm 131:2 NASB Psalm 131:2 KJV |