Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
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.
American Standard Version
Thou hast 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.
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, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all! 5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand. 6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 24:11
and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.
Deuteronomy 33:27
A habitation is the eternal God, And beneath are arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, 'Destroy!'
Job 9:33
If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.
Job 23:8-9
Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, 'Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,
Psalm 34:7
A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them.