Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Holman Bible
You have placed Your hand on me.
International Standard Version
You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me.
A Conservative Version
Thou have beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Amplified
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.
Bible in Basic English
I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.
Darby Translation
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst press me behind and before, and thou wilt place thine hand upon me.
King James 2000
You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me.
Modern King James verseion
You have closed me in behind and in front, and laid Your hand on me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
NET Bible
You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
New Heart English Bible
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
The Emphasized Bible
Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand: -
Webster
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
World English Bible
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
Themes
God » Is declared to be » Omniscient
human Limitations » Man subject to » Boundaries of life
Man » Limitations of » Boundaries of life
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:5
Prayers for Psalm 139:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
Job 9:33
There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 23:8-9
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
Psalm 34:7
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.