Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
King James Version
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Holman Bible
as I mused, a fire burned.
I spoke with my tongue:
International Standard Version
My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:
A Conservative Version
My heart was hot within me. While I was musing the fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue:
American Standard Version
My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: Then'spake I with my tongue:
Amplified
My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
Bible in Basic English
My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
Darby Translation
My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
Julia Smith Translation
My heart was hot in the midst of me; in my heat the fire will burn: I spake with my tongue.
King James 2000
My heart was hot within me, while I was meditating the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,
Lexham Expanded Bible
My heart grew hot inside me; in my sighing a fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue,
Modern King James verseion
My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing, the fire kindled, and at the last I spoke with my tongue,
NET Bible
my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
New Heart English Bible
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
The Emphasized Bible
Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!
Webster
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.
World English Bible
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
Youngs Literal Translation
Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
Themes
Fire » Illustrative of » Zeal of saints
Fire » Inward » Kindled by meditation
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 39:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fleeting Nature Of Life
2
I
And my
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And
Luke 24:32
They said to one another, “
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and