King James Version

Psalms 32:3

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…הֶ֭חֱרַשְׁתִּיhecherashtibe deafחָרַשׁverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be deaf”, a completed actionH2790to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)[idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.בָּל֣וּbalvconsumeבָּלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “consume”, a completed actionH1086to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.עֲצָמָ֑יatsamaybodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.בְּ֝שַׁאֲגָתִ֗יbeshaagatiin roaringשְׁאָגָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in roaring”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7581a rumbling or moanroaring.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַיּֽוֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.

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American Standard Version (1901)

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

Young’s Literal Translation

When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

World English Bible

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

Darby Translation

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.

Douay-Rheims

Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἐσίγησα, ἐπαλαιώθη τὰ ὀστᾶ μου, ἀπὸ τοῦ κράζειν με ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.