Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!

New American Standard Bible

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

King James Version

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Holman Bible

God, how difficult Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!

A Conservative Version

How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

American Standard Version

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Amplified


How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Bible in Basic English

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

Darby Translation

But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Julia Smith Translation

And to me how were thy thoughts precious, O God! how were their heads strong!

King James 2000

How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Lexham Expanded Bible

And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.

Modern King James verseion

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God! O how great is the sum of them!

NET Bible

How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!

New Heart English Bible

How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them.

The Emphasized Bible

To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!

Webster

How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

World English Bible

How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

Youngs Literal Translation

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 139:17

Context Readings

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

16 Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet. 17 How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number! 18 Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.

Cross References

Psalm 40:5

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

Psalm 31:19

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

Psalm 36:7

How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 92:5

How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are unfathomable.

Proverbs 8:31

rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind."

Isaiah 55:8-9

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, "plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope.

Ephesians 3:9-10

and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things.

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