Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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.
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 Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight." 2 I held my tongue; I was dumb. I kept silence, yea even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me. 3 My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing, the fire kindled, and at the last I spoke with my tongue,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 32:19-20
Behold, I am as the new wine, which hath no vent, and bursteth the new vessels in sunder.
Psalm 38:13-14
As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7
He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth.
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to 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 that which we have seen and heard."