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
GodBesetReadings, SelectOmniscienceSiegesProvidence of God, TheOmnipresenceHeartPraiseForeknow; Foreknowledge
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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.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 138:5 in some Bibles
- 139:5 in most Bibles