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. Legacy Standard Bible My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And intricately woven 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. Contemporary English Version Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together out of human sight, English Revised Version My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop. 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. Majority 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. 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 Heart English Bible My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. Webster's Bible Translation My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret, and curiously formed in the lowest parts 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy substance was not hid from You, "" When I was made in secret, "" Curiously worked in the lower part of 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. Smith's Literal Translation My bones were not hid from thee, when I was made in secret. I was variegated in the lower parts of the earth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible My bones are not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and marvellously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And my bones were not hidden from you; when I was made in secret, I went down to the lower parts of the earth. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible 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 10:8-12 Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me? / Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? / Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? ... 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.” Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth, Job 31:15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? 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. Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. Isaiah 49:1 Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me. Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” / So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. Colossians 1:16 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. 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. Acts 17:28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. 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? 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 WroughtPsalm 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 My frame The Hebrew word for "frame" here is "otsem," which can refer to bones or physical structure. This word emphasizes the intricate design and strength of the human body, crafted by God Himself. In a conservative Christian perspective, this highlights the belief in God's intentional creation of each individual, underscoring the sanctity and value of human life from conception. was not hidden from You when I was made in secret when I was woven together in the depths of the earth 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 Links 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.) |