Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God! O how great is the sum of them!
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!
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!
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 did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was not one of them. 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God! O how great is the sum of them! 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand; when I wake up, I am present with thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 40:5
O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.
Psalm 31:19
O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!
Psalm 36:7
How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Psalm 92:5
O LORD, how glorious are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep.
Proverbs 8:31
As for the round compass of his world, I make it joyful: for my delight is to be among the children of men.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For thus sayeth the LORD: My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know what I have devised for you sayeth the LORD. My thoughts are to give you peace, and not trouble, which I give you already; and that ye might have hope again.
Ephesians 3:9-10
and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mystery is, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, which made all things through Jesus Christ,