Psalms 139:13

In 11 translations

BSB

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.Hebrew my kidneys

KJV

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

WEB

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

ASV

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

LSV

For You have possessed my reins, || You cover me in my mother’s belly.

YLT

For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

DBY

For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

DRC138:13

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.

GNV

For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.

JPS

For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

LXXE138:13

For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃

LXX-Br138:13

Ὅτι σὺ ἐκτήσω τοὺς νεφρούς μου Κύριε, ἀντελάβου μου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
• Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• Isaiah 44:2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
• Job 31:15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
• Job 10:9–12Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and…
• Psalms 22:9–10Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
• Psalms 71:6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
• Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.

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