Parallel Verses
NET Bible
my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
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,
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 was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; 3 my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words: 4 "O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9
Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.
Luke 24:32
They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Ezekiel 3:14
A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me.