Psalm 69:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I made sackcloth also my garment; And I became a proverb to them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword (an object of scorn) to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

Common English Bible

When I wore funeral clothes, people made fun of me.

Psalm 69:11 Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples:

Job 17:6

He hath made me also a byword of the people; And I am become an open abhorring.

Psalm 109:24

My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

Isaiah 20:2

at that time the LORD spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day did the Lord, the LORD of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Jeremiah 24:9

I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.