Psalm 139:16 Parallel Translations

Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day of my life was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

ASV:

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me , When as yet there was none of them.

BBE:

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

DBY:

Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

ERV:

Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

JPS:

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written--even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

WBS:

Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

WEB:

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

YLT:

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

Psalm 139:16 Cross References

XREF:

Job 10:8 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?

Job 14:5 "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

Psalm 56:8 You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

Ecclesiastes 11:5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; {l} and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
(l) Seeing that you knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must you know me when you have fashioned me.

WES:

139:16 Imperfect - When I was first conceived. Book - In thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great work, according to that model which thou hadst appointed.

MHC:

139:7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the other hand, the believer cannot be removed from the supporting, comforting presence of his Almighty Friend. Should the persecutor take his life, his soul will the sooner ascend to heaven. The grave cannot separate his body from the love of his Saviour, who will raise it a glorious body. No outward circumstances can separate him from his Lord. While in the path of duty, he may be happy in any situation, by the exercise of faith, hope, and prayer.

CONC:

Beheld Body Book Continuance During Fashioned Formed Imperfect Members None Ordained Purposed Recorded Substance Unformed Unperfect Written Yet

Beheld Body Book Continuance Eyes Fashioned Formed Imperfect Members Ordained Purposed Recorded Substance Unformed Written

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