KJV King James Version
If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
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Psalm 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
WEB World English Bible
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
ASV American Standard Version
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If I ascend the heavens—there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
Surrounding context — Psalm 139
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.
7 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;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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Amos 9:2-4Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:Job 34:21-22For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.Jonah 2:2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.Proverbs 15:11Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?Obadiah 1:4Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.Job 26:6Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Ezekiel 28:12-17Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
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