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Psalms 39:2
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Psalms 39:2
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
2†I was dumbe with silence, I held my peace, euen from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- Heb. troubled.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 39:2
The absence of speech or sound; holding one's peace.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Kept, possessed, maintained, restrained, or regarded, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
As far as, up to, or extending to the stated limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Grief, mental pain, distress, or mourning; also to grieve.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Moved; agitated; put in action.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
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Open the full verse study12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
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Open the full verse study7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
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Open the full verse study13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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Open the full verse study19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
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Open the full verse study6¶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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