Psalms 39 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 39:1
KJVI 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.
WEBI said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.
YLTTo the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.'
Psalms 39:2
KJVI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
WEBI was mute with silence.
YLTI was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Psalms 39:3
KJVMy heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
WEBMy heart was hot within me.
YLTHot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
Psalms 39:4
KJVLord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
WEB“Yahweh, show me my end,
YLT`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it [is],' I know how frail I [am].
Psalms 39:5
KJVBehold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
WEBBehold, you have made my days hand widths.
YLTLo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. Selah.
Psalms 39:6
KJVSurely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
WEB“Surely every man walks like a shadow.
YLTOnly, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
Psalms 39:7
KJVAnd now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
WEBNow, Lord, what do I wait for?
YLTAnd, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it [is] of Thee.
Psalms 39:8
KJVDeliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
WEBDeliver me from all my transgressions.
YLTFrom all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.
Psalms 39:9
KJVI was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
WEBI was mute.
YLTI have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done [it].
Psalms 39:10
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Psalms 39:11
KJVWhen thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
WEBWhen you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
YLTWith reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. Selah.
Psalms 39:12
KJVHear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
WEB“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
YLTHear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
Psalms 39:13
KJVO spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
WEBOh spare me, that I may recover strength,
YLTLook from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
13 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT