Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I should count them, they would outnumber [the] sand. I awaken, and I [am] still with you.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Holman Bible
they would outnumber the grains of sand;
when I wake up,
International Standard Version
Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.
A Conservative Version
I count them; they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
American Standard Version
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
Amplified
If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
Bible in Basic English
If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.
Darby Translation
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
I will count them; they shall be multiplied above the sand of the sea: I awoke, and I am yet with thee.
King James 2000
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
Modern King James verseion
If I should count them, they are more than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand; when I wake up, I am present with thee.
NET Bible
If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you.
New Heart English Bible
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
The Emphasized Bible
I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself - and am still with thee.
Webster
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
World English Bible
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
Youngs Literal Translation
I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
17 And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum. 18 If I should count them, they would outnumber [the] sand. I awaken, and I [am] still with you. 19 If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}--
Cross References
Psalm 3:5
I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
Psalm 16:8-11
I have set Yahweh before me always. Because [he is] at my right hand I will not be shaken.
Psalm 17:15
[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.
Psalm 40:5
Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done-- your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I [tried to] proclaim and tell [of them], they would be too numerous to count.
Psalm 40:12
For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
Psalm 63:6-7
When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in [the] night watches.
Psalm 139:3
You search out my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead shall live; {their corpses} shall rise. Wake up and sing for joy, dwellers of [the] dust, for your dew [is] {celestial dew}, and the earth will give birth to dead spirits.
Daniel 12:2
And many from [those] sleeping {in the dusty ground} will awake, some to {everlasting life} and some to disgrace and {everlasting contempt}.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live at the same time with him.