Psalms Chapter 19 verse 3 Holy Bible
There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.
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There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.
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There is no speech and there are no words, yet their voice is heard.
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There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
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Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge.
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There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
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There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard; rather, there is no speech, there are no words; their voles is not heard; i.e. the speech which they utter is not common speech - it is without sound, without language; no articulate voice is to be heard. (So Ewald, Hup-feld, Perowne, Kay, Hengstenberg, Alexander, and our Revisers.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) There is no speech.--The literal rendering is Not speech, not words, their voice is not heard. Explaining this is (1) the English version (Bible and Prayer Book) and (if intelligible at all) the LXX. and Vulg.: "There is no speech nor language without their (the heavens') speech being heard (i.e., understood)." But this gives an inadmissible sense to davar, which does not mean language, but a spoken word. Besides, it was not a likely thought for the psalmist, that the Divine tradition of the heavens, while it travels over the whole earth, would be everywhere intelligible. (2) "It is not speech, it is not words whose voice is inaudible," i.e., unintelligible, but, on the contrary, it is a manifestation to all the world. But the parallelism is against this. The line "their voice is not heard" is but the rhythmic echo of there is no speech nor word." (3) We therefore keep close to the literal rendering, There is no speech, there are no (uttered) words, their voice is inaudible; understanding the poet to say, that the manifestation of the Creator's glory, which he has just imagined the heavens proclaiming, and of which each succeeding day hands on the tale, is not made in audible words. The communication of the sky is eloquent, but mute; its voice is for the heart and emotion, not the ear. So Addison--"What though in solemn silence allMove round this dark terrestrial ball,What though no real voice or soundAmidst their radiant orbs be found?In reason's ear they all rejoiceAnd utter forth a glorious voice,For ever singing as they shineThe hand that made us is Divine."
