Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

New American Standard Bible

I was mute and silent,
I refrained even from good,
And my sorrow grew worse.

King James Version

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

Holman Bible

I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.

International Standard Version

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

A Conservative Version

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Amplified


I was mute and silent [before my enemies],
I refrained even from good,
And my distress grew worse.

Bible in Basic English

I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

Darby Translation

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

Julia Smith Translation

I was dumb with silence, I was silent from good, and my pain was moved.

King James 2000

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I was mute [with] silence. I was silent [even] from [saying] good [things], and my pain was stirred up.

Modern King James verseion

I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; and my pain was stirred.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I held my tongue; I was dumb. I kept silence, yea even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me.

NET Bible

I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

New Heart English Bible

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

The Emphasized Bible

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:

Webster

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

World English Bible

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Youngs Literal Translation

I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Fleeting Nature Of Life

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. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: Then'spake I with my tongue:

Cross References

Job 32:19-20

Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

Psalm 38:13-14

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

Matthew 27:12-14

And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

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