King James Version

Psalms 69:11

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:12.

וָאֶתְּנָ֣הvaetnahand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, paragogic he — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לְבוּשִׁ֣יlevushigarmentלְבוּשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “garment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wifeapparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.שָׂ֑קsaqsackשַׂקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sack”, the ordinary formH8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)sack(-cloth, -clothes).וָאֱהִ֖יvaehiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶ֣םlahemtoלָהֶ֣םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלְמָשָֽׁלlemashalto bywordמָשָׁלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to byword”, the ordinary formH4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)byword, like, parable, proverb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-12) I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-12) I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐθέμην τὸ ἔνδυμά μου σάκκον, καὶ ἐγενόμην αὐτοῖς εἰς παραβολήν.