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Psalms 73:22

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

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וַאֲנִיvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.בַ֭עַרvaarbrutishבַּעַרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “brutish”, the ordinary formH1198properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupidbrutish (person), foolish.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֵדָ֑עedaknowיָדַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹתbehemotbeastבְּהֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “beast”, the ordinary formH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.הָיִ֥יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to 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.עִמָּֽךְimakhewithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

World English Bible

I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

Darby Translation

Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.

Douay-Rheims

Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But I was vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κᾀγὼ ἐξουδενωμένος, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνων, κτηνώδης ἐγενόμην παρὰ σοὶ,