Psalms 139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
KJV
Dixi Domino : Deus meus es tu ; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
Vulgate
εἶπα τῷ κυρίῳ Θεός μου εἶ σύ· ἐνώτισαι, Κύριε, τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.
LXX
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
ASV
אָ֭נָ֥ה אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵ/רוּחֶ֑/ךָ וְ֝/אָ֗נָה מִ/פָּנֶ֥י/ךָ אֶבְרָֽח
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָ֣נָה
'nh
adverb · 43×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
Themes
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. David meditates on the omniscience and omnipresence of God. There is no place where God is not present, no thought which he does not know. The description of being fearfully and wonderfully made in the womb is a powerful testimony to God as Creator of each person. This knowledge is both comforting to the godly and terrifying to the w…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:27 — But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
- 2Chr 6:18 — But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
- Amos 9:2 — Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- Exod 20:18 — And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
- Jer 23:23 — Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
- Jer 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
- Jonah 1:3 — But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with the
- Jonah 1:3 — But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with the
- Jonah 1:10 — Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
- Matt 2:19 — But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,