Psalms 39:3

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“My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:”

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BSBPD

“My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Hot <FI>is<Fi> my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 39:3 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
  2. Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
  3. Luke 24:32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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