Parallel Verses
King James Version
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
New American Standard Bible
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And my
Holman Bible
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.
American Standard Version
I was dumb 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
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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 39:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fleeting Nature Of Life
1 {To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} 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,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 32:19-20
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Psalm 38:13-14
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew 27:12-14
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.