Psalms 139:13
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- KJV
- For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
- WEB
- For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- ASV
- For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother`s womb.
- DARBY
- For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
- BLB
- For You have possessed my kidneys; You covered me in the womb of my mother.
- ÅB
- For du har skapt mine nyrer, du virket meg i min mors liv.
- OTB
- For Du dannet mine innvoller;
Du vevde meg sammen i min mors liv. - B1930
- For du har skapt mine nyrer, du virket mig i min mors liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:73
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:2
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Read in contextJob 31:15
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
Read in contextJob 10:9–12
Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
Read in contextPsalms 22:9–10
Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
Read in contextPsalms 71:6
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:3
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
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