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Myles Coverdale Bible

Psalms 49:3

My mouth shal speake of wy?dome, and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Meditation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Understanding;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Eschatology;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hezekiah (2);   Meditation;   Proverbs, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Man, Son of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My mouth speaks wisdom;my heart’s meditation brings understanding.
Hebrew Names Version
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
King James Version
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
English Standard Version
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
New Century Version
What I say is wise, and my heart speaks with understanding.
New English Translation
I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.
Amplified Bible
My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
New American Standard Bible
My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
World English Bible
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
My mouth will speak wisdom,And the meditation of my heart will be discernment.
Berean Standard Bible
My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
Contemporary English Version
I speak words of wisdom, and my thoughts make sense.
Complete Jewish Bible
regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!
Darby Translation
My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:
Easy-to-Read Version
I have some very wise words for you. My thoughts will give you understanding.
George Lamsa Translation
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Good News Translation
My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.
Lexham English Bible
My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
Literal Translation
My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the thoughts of my heart shall be of understanding.
American Standard Version
My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Bible in Basic English
From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Both low and high, rich and poor together.
King James Version (1611)
My mouth shall speake of wisedome: and the meditation of my heart shalbe of vnderstanding.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My mouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart [wyll bryng foorth] knowledge.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding.
English Revised Version
My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi mouth schal speke wisdom; and the thenkyng of myn herte schal speke prudence.
Update Bible Version
My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Webster's Bible Translation
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
New King James Version
My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
New Living Translation
For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
New Life Bible
My mouth will speak wisdom. And the thoughts of my heart will be understanding.
New Revised Standard
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(48-4) My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Revised Standard Version
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Young's Literal Translation
My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
THE MESSAGE
I set plainspoken wisdom before you, my heart-seasoned understandings of life. I fine-tuned my ear to the sayings of the wise, I solve life's riddle with the help of a harp.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

Contextual Overview

1 O heare this, all ye people: pondre it well, all ye that dwell vpo the earth. 2 Hye & lowe, riche & poore, one wt another. 3 My mouth shal speake of wy?dome, and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge. 4 I wil encline myne eare to the parable, & shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe. 5 Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes, whe the wickednesse of my heles copaseth me rounde aboute?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mouth: Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 33:3, Job 33:33, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:2, Proverbs 8:6-11, Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 22:20, Proverbs 22:21, 2 Timothy 3:15-17

meditation: Psalms 19:14, Psalms 45:1, Psalms 104:34, Matthew 12:35

Reciprocal: Job 20:3 - the spirit Job 28:21 - hid Job 36:4 - in 1 Corinthians 14:2 - howbeit 1 Timothy 4:15 - Meditate

Cross-References

Genesis 29:32
And Lea coceaued, and bare a sonne, whom she called Ruben, and sayde: The LORDE hath loked vpon my aduersite. Now wyll my hußbande loue me.
Genesis 46:8
These are ye names of the children of Israel, which came in to Egipte, Iacob & his sonnes. The first borne sonne of Iacob: Ruben.
Genesis 48:18
& sayde vnto him: Not so my father, this is ye firstborne, laye yi right hade vpo his heade.
Numbers 1:20
The children of Ruben Israels first sonne, their kynreds & generacions after their fathers houses, in ye nombre of their names heade by heade, all yt were males, from twentye yeare & aboue, and were able to go forth to the warre,
Numbers 26:5
Ruben ye first borne sonne of Israel. The childree of Ruben were, Hanoch: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Hanochites. Pallu: of whom cometh the kynred of the Palluites.
Deuteronomy 21:17
but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for ye first sonne, so that he geue him dubble of all that is at hande: for the same is ye begynnynge of his strength, & the firstbyrthrighte is his.
1 Chronicles 2:1
These are the children of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon,
1 Chronicles 5:1
The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel: for he was the first sonne, but because he defyled his fathers bed, therfore was his first byrthrighte geuen vnto the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, & he was not rekened to ye first byrthrighte:
1 Chronicles 5:3
The children now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hesron and Charmi.
Psalms 78:51
When he made a waye to his fearfull indignacio, and spared not their soules from death, yee and gaue their catell ouer to the pestilence.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My mouth shall speak of wisdom,.... Or "wisdoms" m; of Christ, who is so called, Proverbs 1:20. He being as a divine Person the wisdom of God, and the only wise God; and having all the treasures of wisdom in him, as man and Mediator: of him the prophet spake, and of him the apostles and all Gospel ministers speak; of the glories of his Person, of the fulness of his grace, and of his wonderful works; especially of that of redemption and salvation by him, in which there is an abounding of wisdom and prudence. Or the Gospel may be meant, and all the truths of it, in which there is a glorious display of divine wisdom; it is the wisdom of God in a mystery; hidden and ancient wisdom; and which, when truly understood, makes a man wise unto salvation; see 1 Corinthians 2:6;

and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding; or "understandings" n; and this is in order to the former; what the heart meditates the mouth speaks. If the heart meditates on understanding, the mouth will speak of wisdom; and a man should think before he speaks, especially the ministers of the Gospel: they ought to meditate on the word of God, the Gospel, and the truths of it, that their profiling may appear to all; that they may understand divine things themselves, and deliver them out to the understanding of others: their concern should be, that through meditation they may have a good treasure of wisdom and knowledge in their hearts, that out of it they may bring forth things pleasant and profitable unto others.

m חכמות "sapientias", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. n תבונות "intelligentias", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My mouth shall speak of wisdom - That is, I will utter sentiments that are wise, or that are of importance to all; sentiments that will enable all to take a just view of the subject on which I speak. This indicates “confidence” in what he was about to utter, as being eminently deserving of attention.

And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding - What I reflect on, and what I give utterance to, in the matter under consideration. The idea is, that he had meditated on the subject, as to what was real wisdom in the matter, and that he would now give utterance to the result of his meditations. It was not wisdom in general, or intelligence or understanding as such on which he designed to express the results of his thoughts, but it was only in respect to the proper value to be attached to wealth, and as to the fact of its causing fear Psalms 49:5 in those who were not possessed of it, and who might be subjected to the oppressive acts of those who were rich.


 
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