Psalm 139:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. [Heb. 4:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

Common English Bible

⁴ There isn’t a word on my tongue, LORD, that you don’t already know completely.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. The venom of asps is under their lips.

Psalm 139:4 Cross References

Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Job 42:3

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

James 1:26

If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have committed folly in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words which I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, says the Lord.’ ”

Job 8:2

“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

Job 38:2

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are thickening upon their lees, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’