KJV King James Version
So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
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Psalm 73:22
So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
WEB World English Bible
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
ASV American Standard Version
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
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Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.Psalm 92:6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.Psalm 49:10For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.Proverbs 30:2Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.Psalm 32:9Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?Psalm 69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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