Good News TranslationBut when I say, "I will forget the LORD and no longer speak in his name," then your message is like a fire burning deep within me. I try my best to hold it in, but can no longer keep it back.
New Revised Standard Version
If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Contemporary English Version
Sometimes I tell myself not to think about you, LORD, or even mention your name. But your message burns in my heart and bones, and I cannot keep silent.
New American Bible
I say I will not mention him, I will no longer speak in his name. But then it is as if fire is burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding back, I cannot!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire, shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire, shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.
I will.
1 Kings 19:3,4 Then EIias was afraid, and rising up, he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there, . . .
John 1:2,3 The same was in the beginning with God. . . .
John 4:2,3 (Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples), . . .
Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Acts 15:37,38 And Barnabas would have taken with them John also, that was surnamed Mark. . . .
was in.
Jeremiah 6:11 Therefore am I full of the fury of the Lord, I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the child abroad, and upon the council of the young men together: for man and woman shall be taken, the ancient and he that is full of days.
Job 32:18-20 For I am full of matter to speak of, and the spirit of my bowels straiteneth me. . . .
Psalm 39:3 My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.
Ezekiel 3:14 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
Acts 4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Acts 17:16 Now whilst Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, seeing the city wholly given to idolatry.
Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:16,17 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. . . .
2 Corinthians 5:13-15 For whether we be transported in mind, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for you. . . .
