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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

If I do not remember {H2142} thee, let my tongue {H3956} cleave {H1692} to the roof of my mouth {H2441}; if I prefer {H5927} not Jerusalem {H3389} above my chief {H7218} joy {H8057}.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I fail to count Yerushalayim the greatest of all my joys.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 3:26 (5 votes)

    And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.

  • Psalms 22:15 (4 votes)

    My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

  • Job 29:10 (3 votes)

    The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

  • Philippians 1:20 (2 votes)

    According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:7 (2 votes)

    Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:9 (2 votes)

    For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

  • Lamentations 4:4 (2 votes)

    The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them.