Psalm 39:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I 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. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I SAID, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me. American Standard Version (1901) I 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. Common English Bible I promised I would watch my steps so as not to sin with my tongue; promised to keep my mouth shut as long as the wicked were in my presence. Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. |
That the LORD may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
I will cry unto God with my voice; Even unto God with my voice, and he wilt give ear unto me.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.