Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

My heart was hot within me,
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

My heart grew hot within me;
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.

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Fleeting Nature Of Life

2 I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. 3 My heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

Cross References

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?"

Ezekiel 3:14

The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the LORD being strong upon me.

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