Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a (A)burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And (B)I could not.

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But if I say, “I will not (A)remember Him
Nor speak anymore in His name,”
Then in (B)my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am tired of holding it in,
And (C)I cannot endure it.

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If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].

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But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(C)
    indeed, I cannot.

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Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

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29 Is not My word like a (A)fire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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29 “Is My word not like (A)fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a (B)hammer which shatters a rock?

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29 “Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]?” says the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks the [most stubborn] rock [in pieces]?

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29 “Is not my word like fire,”(A) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(B) that breaks a rock in pieces?

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29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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