Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.

King James Version

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Holman Bible

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.

International Standard Version

You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.

A Conservative Version

Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.

American Standard Version

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

Amplified


You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.

Bible in Basic English

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

Darby Translation

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;

Julia Smith Translation

Thou knewest my sitting and my rising; thou didst understand for my thoughts from far of

King James 2000

You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.

Modern King James verseion

You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off.

NET Bible

You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.

New Heart English Bible

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:

Webster

Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

World English Bible

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 139:2

References

Hastings

Images Psalm 139:2

Prayers for Psalm 139:2

Context Readings

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.


Cross References

2 Kings 19:27

‘But I know your sitting down,
And your going out and your coming in,
And your raging against Me.

Matthew 9:4

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?

Psalm 94:11

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.

John 2:24-25

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men,

Genesis 16:13

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

2 Kings 6:12

One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

Psalm 56:8

You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.

Isaiah 37:28

“But I know your sitting down
And your going out and your coming in
And your raging against Me.

Ezekiel 38:10-11

‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,

Ezekiel 38:17

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them?

Zechariah 4:10

For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the Lord which range to and fro throughout the earth.”

Luke 9:47

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

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