Parallel Verses

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!

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!

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 saw my embryo and all were written in your book; the days ordained for me. Even this before one had taken place. 17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

Cross References

Psalm 40:5

O Jehovah my God, Many are the wonders that you have done and your thoughts toward us. None can compare with you. If I would declare and teach about them, they would be too numerous to report.

Psalm 31:19

Your goodness is so great! You reserve it for those who respect you. The sons of men watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you.

Psalm 36:7

How precious is your loving-kindness, O God! And the children of men put their trust in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 92:5

How great (spectacular) (excellent) are your works, O Jehovah! How very deep are your thoughts!

Proverbs 8:31

I rejoiced in the inhabited earth. My delights were with the sons of men.

Isaiah 55:8-9

My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares Jehovah.

Jeremiah 29:11

I know the plans (intentions) (thoughts) that I have for you, says Jehovah. They are plans (intentions) for peace and not disaster. They are intentions to give you a future filled with hope.

Ephesians 3:9-10

To make all men see what is the administration of the secret which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.

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