King James Version

Psalms 38:5

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 38:6.

הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּhivishvbe abhorredבָּאַשׁverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be abhorred”, a completed actionH887to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.נָ֭מַקּוּnamaqvconsume awayמָקַקverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “consume away”, a completed actionH4743to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanishconsume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.חַבּוּרֹתָ֑יchaburotaybluenessחַבּוּרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “blueness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2250properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound.מִ֝פְּנֵ֗יmipnefrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…אִוַּלְתִּֽיivaltifollyאִוֶּלֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “folly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH200sillinessfolly, foolishly(-ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

Young’s Literal Translation

Stunk — become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

World English Bible

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

Darby Translation

My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

Douay-Rheims

I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προσώζεσαν καὶ ἐσάπησαν οἱ μώλωπές μου, ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς ἀφροσύνης μου.