Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. New Living Translation If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. English Standard Version If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! Berean Standard Bible If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. King James Bible If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. New King James Version If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. New American Standard Bible If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. NASB 1995 If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. NASB 1977 If I ascend to heaven, Thou art there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, Thou art there. Legacy Standard Bible If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Amplified Bible If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there. Christian Standard Bible If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. Holman Christian Standard Bible If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. American Standard Version If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. Contemporary English Version If I were to climb up to the highest heavens, you would be there. If I were to dig down to the world of the dead you would also be there. English Revised Version If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. GOD'S WORD® Translation If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in hell, you are there. Good News Translation If I went up to heaven, you would be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there. International Standard Version If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are! Majority Standard Bible If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. NET Bible If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. New Heart English Bible If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there. Webster's Bible Translation If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. World English Bible If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf I ascend the heavens—You [are] there, "" And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! Young's Literal Translation If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! Smith's Literal Translation If I shall ascend to the heavens, thou art there: and shall I bend down to hades, behold thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, there you are. New Revised Standard Version If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf I ascend into heaven, thou art there; if I descend into Sheol, behold, thou art there also. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If I shall ascend to Heaven, there you are, and if I would descend to Sheol, you are there also! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; If I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there. Brenton Septuagint Translation If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context You Have Searched Me and Known Me…7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? 8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. 9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,… Cross References Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jeremiah 23:24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. Amos 9:2-3 Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. Job 26:6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men! Isaiah 7:11 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.” Ephesians 4:9-10 What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? / He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Jonah 2:2 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. Revelation 1:18 the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades. Deuteronomy 30:12-13 It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ / And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ Job 11:8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? 1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. Acts 17:27-28 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. / ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Treasury of Scripture If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. I ascend Ezekiel 28:12-17 Son 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… Amos 9:2-4 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: … Obadiah 1:4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. in hell Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. Job 34:21,22 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings… Proverbs 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? Jump to Previous Ascend Bed Couch Depths Heaven Heavens Hell Nether-World Sheol Spread UnderworldJump to Next Ascend Bed Couch Depths Heaven Heavens Hell Nether-World Sheol Spread UnderworldPsalm 139 1. David praises God for his all-seeing providence17. And for this infinite mercies 19. He defies the wicked 23. He prays for sincerity If I ascend to the heavens The phrase "ascend to the heavens" speaks to the omnipresence of God, a central theme in this psalm. The Hebrew word for "heavens" is "shamayim," which often refers to the sky or the abode of God. In ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the heavens were seen as the highest realm, a place of divine presence and authority. The psalmist acknowledges that even in the highest, most exalted places, God's presence is assured. This reflects the belief that God is not confined to earthly limitations but reigns supreme over all creation. You are there if I make my bed in Sheol You are there This conviction that the underworld was not exempt from the vigilance and even from the visitation of Jehovah makes an advance in thought from Psalm 6:5 (where see Note), &c, where death is viewed as cutting off the Hebrew altogether from his relation to the Theocracy. Verse 8. - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; i.e. "if I were to ascend up into heaven, if I could do so, thou wouldst still be there - I should not find myself where thou wert not; no, nor even if I went down to hell (Sheol), should I escape thee - thou wouldst be there also." If I make my bed in hell means, "if I go down and take my rest in hell" - the place of departed spirits. Behold, thou art there; literally, behold, thou!Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I ascend אֶסַּ֣ק (’es·saq) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5266: To go up to the heavens, שָׁ֭מַיִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky You אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are there; שָׁ֣ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither if I make my bed וְאַצִּ֖יעָה (wə·’aṣ·ṣî·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 3331: To strew as a, surface in Sheol, שְּׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) You are there. הִנֶּֽךָּ׃ (hin·ne·kā) Interjection | second person masculine singular Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! 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