Parallel Verses

Webster

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.

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 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:

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 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 I spoke with my tongue.

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 opened not his mouth.

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy to 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 by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

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