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Psalms 139:16

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14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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BSB
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
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.
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.
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Your eyes saw my unformed body, and in Your book all of them were written—the days fashioned for me, and not one [was] yet among them!
ÅB
Da jeg bare var foster, så dine øyne meg, og i din bok ble de alle oppskrevet de dager som ble fastsatt da ikke en av dem var kommet.
OTB
Dine øyne så meg da jeg var et foster;
Og i Din bok var de alle skrevet
De dager som var fastsatt for meg,
Da ingen av dem ennå var kommet.
B1930
Da jeg bare var foster, så dine øine mig, og i din bok blev de alle opskrevet de dager som blev fastsatt da ikke en av dem var kommet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 56:8

    Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

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  • Malachi 3:16

    Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

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  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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