Psalms 139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
KJV
My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
ASV
לֹא נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗/י מִ֫מֶּ֥/ךָּ אֲשֶׁר עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַ/סֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽ/תַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
YLT
My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִכְחַ֣ד
nkchd
verb · 32×
סֵ֣תֶר
str
noun · 36×
עֹ֣צֶם
'tsm
noun · 3×
רֹקֵֽם
rqm
verb · 9×
תַּחְתִּ֗ית
tchtyt
noun · 19×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2270Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.71 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.72 My frame was not hidden fr…
Cross-references
- Eccl 11:5 — As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
- Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- Eph 4:16 — From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
- Job 10:8 — Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
- Ps 22:9 — But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
- Ps 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- Ps 71:6 — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
- Ps 139:13 — For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.