Berean Standard Bible
BSB and T4T shown with Greek annotations — · Why we show the Greek →
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
The Pioneer Translation RenderingRendered from the original Hebrew
Psalm 22:14
My God Why Have You Forsaken Me
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are pulled apart. My heart has become like wax, melted within my bowels.
*Hithpārədū* (וְהִתְפָּרְדוּ) carries the force of being separated or pulled apart in different directions — rendered "pulled apart" rather than the softer "out of joint" to preserve the visceral physicality of the image. *Mē'ay* (מֵעָי) means the inner organs or bowels and is translated literally rather than softened to "chest" or "body," preserving the raw anatomical force of the original.
Compare the wording
The same verse across the licensed translations and the Hebrew
Compare two
King James Version
BSB and T4T shown with Greek annotations — · Why we show the Greek →
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →BSB and T4T shown with Greek annotations — · Why we show the Greek →
14I am completely exhausted [MET]MetaphorT4T flags this as figurative language — the meaning is not literal. The translator should find a natural equivalent metaphor in their target language., and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I no longer expect that God will save me; that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away.
Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
BSB and T4T shown with Greek annotations — · Why we show the Greek →
14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →BSB and T4T shown with Greek annotations — · Why we show the Greek →
14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
I am completely exhausted [MET]MetaphorT4T flags this as figurative language — the meaning is not literal. The translator should find a natural equivalent metaphor in their target language., and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I no longer expect that God will save me; that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away.
WLC
Hebrew, word by word
14
כַּמַּ֥יִם wasting מַיִם mayim dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -f נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי֮ cast שָׁפַךְ shâphak a primitive root; to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, mon וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ disperse פָּרַד pârad a primitive root; to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself) disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, st כָּֽל all כֹּל kôl or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from H3634 (כָּלַל); properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) (in) all (manne ־ עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥י body עֶצֶם ʻetsem from H6105 (עָצַם); a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, st הָיָ֣ה beacon הָיָה hâyâh a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא)); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) beacon, [idiom] altoge לִ֭בִּי comfortably לֵב lêb a form of H3824 (לֵבָב); the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג wax דּוֹנַג dôwnag of uncertain derivation; wax; wax. נָ֝מֵ֗ס discourage מָסַס mâçaç a primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [ בְּת֣וֹךְ among תָּוֶךְ tâvek from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle מֵעָֽי belly מֵעֶה mêʻeh from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a ve ׃
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Functional Faith Reading
Loading reading
Sources