Psalm 4:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

New Living Translation
Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude

English Standard Version
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Berean Study Bible
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

New American Standard Bible
Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

NASB 1995
Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

NASB 1977
Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Amplified Bible
Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

Christian Standard Bible
Be angry and do not sin; reflect in your heart while on your bed and be silent. Selah

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Be angry and do not sin; on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still. Selah

Contemporary English Version
But each of you had better tremble and turn from your sins. Silently search your heart as you lie in bed.

Good News Translation
Tremble with fear and stop sinning; think deeply about this, when you lie in silence on your beds.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Tremble and do not sin. Think about this on your bed and remain quiet. [Selah]

International Standard Version
Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds, and be silent. Interlude

NET Bible
Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

New King James Version
Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah

King James 2000 Bible
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

New Heart English Bible
Be angry, but do not sin. Ponder in your heart, but be at rest on your bed. Selah.

World English Bible
Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

American King James Version
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

American Standard Version
Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

A Faithful Version
Tremble, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Darby Bible Translation
Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

English Revised Version
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

Webster's Bible Translation
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Tremble, and sinne not: examine your owne heart vpon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Be ye angry, but sinne not: commune with your owne heart in your chaumber, and be styll. Selah.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Be angrie, but synne not: como wt youre owne hertes vpo yor beddes, & remebre yor selues.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Tremble, and do not sin”; Say [thus] in your heart on your bed, "" And be silent. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

Smith's Literal Translation
Be ye disturbed, and ye shall not sin: say in your heart upon your bed,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Be angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Be angry, and do not be willing to sin. The things that you say in your hearts: be sorry for them on your beds.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Tremble in awe and you will not sin; speak in your hearts and meditate upon your beds.

Lamsa Bible
Be angry and yet sin not; commune with your own heart and meditate upon your bed.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Tremble, and sin not; Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Be ye angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause.
















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