Devine Scripture

Psalms 39:2

Psalms chapter 39 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

Context

v.1I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

v.2This passage

v.3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 27:12

    And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

  • Job 32:19

    Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

  • Psalms 38:13

    But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

  • Isaiah 53:7

    He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

  • Acts 4:20

    for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

  • Matthew 7:6

    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.