Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. New Living Translation You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. English Standard Version My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Berean Standard Bible My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. King James Bible My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. New King James Version My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. New American Standard Bible My frame was not hidden from You When I was made in secret, And skillfully formed in the depths of the earth; NASB 1995 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; NASB 1977 My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Amplified Bible My frame was not hidden from You, When I was being formed in secret, And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth. Christian Standard Bible My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. American Standard Version My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And my bones were not hidden from you; when I was made in secret, I went down to the lower parts of the earth. Brenton Septuagint Translation My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth. Contemporary English Version Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together out of human sight, Douay-Rheims Bible My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. Good News Translation When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there-- International Standard Version My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth. JPS Tanakh 1917 My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Literal Standard Version My substance was not hid from You, When I was made in secret, Curiously worked in the lower part of earth. New American Bible My bones are not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned in the depths of the earth. NET Bible my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. New Revised Standard Version My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. New Heart English Bible My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. World English Bible My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. Young's Literal Translation My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. Additional Translations ... Context You Have Searched Me and Known Me…14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. 15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.… Cross References Job 10:8 Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me? Psalm 63:9 But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth. Psalm 119:73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments. Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. 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." Treasury of Scripture My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of the earth. substance. Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. Job 10:9-11 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? … Exodus 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. in the lowest Psalm 63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. Ephesians 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
(15) Substance.--Aquila "bones," LXX. and Vulg. "bone," Symmachus "strength." Perhaps, generally, body. But the common Hebrew word for bone differs only in the pointing. In secret.--Comp. 'sch. Eum. 665. Curiously wrought.--From the use of the verb in Exodus 26:36; Exodus 27:16, it plainly refers to some kind of tapestry work, but whether of the nature of weaving or embroidery is matter of controversy. The English sufficiently suggests the figure. In the lowest parts of the earth.--This figurative allusion to the womb is intended no doubt to heighten the feeling of mystery attaching to birth. There may also be a covert allusion to the creation from dust as Ecclesiasticus 40:1, "From the day that they go out of their mother's womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things." This allusion falls in with the view which meets us in other parts of the Old Testament, that the creation of Adam is repeated at every birth (Job 33:6, and see above, Psalm 139:13). . . . Verse 15. - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret. The formation of the embryo in the womb seems to be intended. This remains as much a mystery as ever, notwithstanding all the pryings of modern science. And curiously wrought; literally, and embroidered, or woven with threads of divers colors (comp. ver. 13b; and note that modern science speaks of the various "tissues" of the human frame, and calls a portion of medical knowledge "histology"). In the lowest parts of the earth. This is scarcely to be taken literally. It is perhaps only a variant for the "secretly" of the preceding clause.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My frameעָצְמִ֗י (‘ā·ṣə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6108: Might, bones was not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no hidden נִכְחַ֥ד (niḵ·ḥaḏ) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3582: To secrete, by act, word, to destroy from You מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ (mim·me·kā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of when אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I was made עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי (‘uś·śê·ṯî) Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make in secret, בַסֵּ֑תֶר (ḇas·sê·ṯer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5643: A covering, hiding place, secrecy when I was woven together רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי (ruq·qam·tî) Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7551: To variegate color, embroider, to fabricate in the depths בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת (bə·ṯaḥ·tî·yō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 8482: Lowermost, the depths of the earth. אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Jump to Previous Bones Depths Earth Formed Frame Hid Hidden Lowest Part Parts Secret Secretly Skillfully Strangely Substance Together Unseen Wasn't Woven WroughtJump to Next Bones Depths Earth Formed Frame Hid Hidden Lowest Part Parts Secret Secretly Skillfully Strangely Substance Together Unseen Wasn't Woven WroughtLinks Psalm 139:15 NIVPsalm 139:15 NLT Psalm 139:15 ESV Psalm 139:15 NASB Psalm 139:15 KJV Psalm 139:15 BibleApps.com Psalm 139:15 Biblia Paralela Psalm 139:15 Chinese Bible Psalm 139:15 French Bible Psalm 139:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 139:15 My frame wasn't hidden from you when (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
   
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