Psalms 39:3
What does Psalms 39:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 39:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:
KJV
King James Version · 1611My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hot <FI>is<Fi> my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 24:32
And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?
- Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
- Jeremiah 20:9
And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.
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