Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
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:
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 dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited. 3 Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue. 4 Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it is,' I know how frail I am.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9
And I said, 'I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.
Luke 24:32
And they said one to another, 'Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'
Ezekiel 3:14
And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me is strong.