Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And to me how were thy thoughts precious, O God! how were their heads strong!
New American Standard Bible
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
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!
International Standard Version
How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!
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!
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!
Themes
God » Supplies of » Thoughts of
Name » Those whose names are written in the book of life
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
16 Thine eyes saw my substance unformed; and upon thy book all of them shall be written; the days they were formed, and not one in them. 17 And to me how were thy thoughts precious, O God! how were their heads strong! 18 I will count them; they shall be multiplied above the sand of the sea: I awoke, and I am yet with thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 40:5
Many the wonders thou didst, O Jehovah my God, and thy purposes to us: none shall set in order to thee: I will announce and speak, they were numerous above number.
Psalm 31:19
How much thy goodness which thou didst conceal for them fearing thee; thou didst work for those putting their trust in thee before the sons of man.
Psalm 36:7
How precious thy mercy, O God! and the sons of man shall put their trust in the shadow of thy wings.
Psalm 92:5
How great were thy works, O Jehovah! thy thoughts were very deep.
Proverbs 8:31
Smiling in the habitable globe of his earth; and my delight with the sons of man.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For not my purposes your purposes and not your ways my ways, says Jehovah
Jeremiah 29:11
For I knew the purposes which I purposed concerning you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace, and not for evil, to give to you the last part and expectation.
Ephesians 3:9-10
And to enlighten all what the distribution of the mystery, concealed from times immemorial in God, having created all things by Jesus Christ: