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You Have Searched Me and Known Me

Psalms 139:5

In 11 translations

BSB
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
KJV
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
WEB
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
ASV
Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
LSV
You have besieged me behind and before, || And You place Your hand on me.
YLT
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
DBY
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
DRC138:5
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
GNV
Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
JPS
Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
LXXE138:5
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י כַּפֶּֽכָה׃
LXX-Br138:5
τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα· σὺ ἔπλασάς με καὶ ἔθηκας ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
  • Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
  • Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
  • Job 23:8–9If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
  • Exodus 24:11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
  • Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 138:5 in some Bibles
  • 139:5 in most Bibles

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