Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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!

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 139:17

Context Readings

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

16 Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them. 17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum! 18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.


Cross References

Psalm 40:5

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

Psalm 31:19

How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

Psalm 36:7

How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

Psalm 92:5

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

Proverbs 8:31

Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.

Isaiah 55:8-9

For not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

Jeremiah 29:11

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Ephesians 3:9-10

and to cause all to see what is the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

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