Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Psalms›Chapter 39

I Will Watch My Ways

Psalms 39:2

In 11 translations

BSB
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
KJV
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.stirred: Heb. troubled
WEB
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
ASV
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
LSV
I was mute [with] silence, || I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
YLT
I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
DBY
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
DRC38:3
I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.
GNV
I was dumme and spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.
JPS39:3
I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.
LXXE38:3
I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good words; and my grief was renewed.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC39:3
נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃KJV:Ps.39.2
LXX-Br38:3
Ἐκωφώθην καὶ ἐταπεινώθην καὶ ἐσίγησα ἐξ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ τὸ ἄλγημά μου ἀνεκαινίσθη.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 27:12–14And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer. Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?” But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single…
  • Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
  • Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  • Psalms 38:13–14But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
  • Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
  • Job 32:19–20Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin. I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 39:3 in some Bibles
  • 39:2 in most Bibles

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑