Psalms 139:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Before a word is on my tongue, You, LORD, know it completely.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין מִ֭לָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑י הֵ֥ן יְ֝הוָ֗ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

For ʾēyn millâ in-ləšônî; behold, YHWH yādaʿtâ kullâh

Grammar Details

• *ʾēyn*: particle of negation - there is not
• *millâ*: noun, feminine singular - word
• *ləšônî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix + preposition beth - in my tongue
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *yādaʿtâ*: verb, Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you know
• *kullâh*: noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - all of it

Word Meanings

• *ʾēyn*: there is not/there exists not
• *millâ*: word/speech/utterance
• *ləšônî*: my tongue/my language/my speech
• *yādaʿtâ*: know/understand/perceive
• *kullâh*: all of it/entirety of it/the whole of it

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou hast fashioned me behinde & before, & layed thine hode vpon me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For there is not a word in my tongue: but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 50:19-21 : 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes.
• Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you continue to speak such things? Your words are like a mighty wind.
• Job 42:3 : 3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
• Job 42:6-8 : 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes. 7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.' 8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.
• Ps 19:14 : 14 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
• Jer 29:23 : 23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors' wives and speaking lies in my name, things I did not command them to do. I am the one who knows and the one who witnesses this, declares the LORD.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who settle like wine on its dregs, and say to themselves, 'The Lord will do neither good nor harm.'
• Mal 3:13-16 : 13 Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you? 14 You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.' 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord paid attention and listened. A book of remembrance was written before him for those who fear the Lord and honor his name.
• Matt 12:35-37 : 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure. 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.
• Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.
• Jas 3:2-9 : 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to also control his whole body. 3 Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look also at the ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.
• Job 38:2 : 2 Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?