Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
New American Standard Bible
Keep watch over the
King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Holman Bible
keep watch at the door of my lips.
International Standard Version
LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.
A Conservative Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Amplified
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].
Darby Translation
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Julia Smith Translation
Set, O Jehovah, a watch to my mouth; guard over the door of my lips.
King James 2000
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Modern King James verseion
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips.
NET Bible
O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
New Heart English Bible
Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
The Emphasized Bible
Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.
Webster
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
World English Bible
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Youngs Literal Translation
Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 141:3
Prayers for Psalm 141:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Sin And Sinners
2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
Names
Cross References
Micah 7:5
Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Psalm 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Psalm 17:3-5
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalm 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalm 71:8
My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.
James 1:26
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 3:2
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.