Psalms 139:7
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- KJV
- Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- WEB
- Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
- ASV
- Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- DARBY
- Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
- BLB
- Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your face?
- ÅB
- Hvor skal jeg gå fra din Ånd, og hvor skal jeg flykte fra ditt åsyn?
- OTB
- Hvor kan jeg gå fra Din Ånd?
Eller hvor kan jeg flykte fra Ditt nærvær? - B1930
- Hvor skal jeg gå fra din Ånd, og hvor skal jeg fly fra ditt åsyn?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 23:23–24
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
Read in contextJonah 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 them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Read in contextJonah 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.
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