Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? and whither from thy face shall I flee?
New American Standard Bible
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
King James Version
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Holman Bible
Where can I flee from Your presence?
International Standard Version
Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence?
A Conservative Version
Where shall I go from thy Spirit? Or where shall I flee from thy presence?
American Standard Version
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Amplified
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Bible in Basic English
Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?
Darby Translation
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
King James 2000
Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Where I can go from your Spirit, or where can I flee from your presence?
Modern King James verseion
Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whither shall I go then from thy spirit? Or, whither shall I flee from thy presence?
NET Bible
Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?
New Heart English Bible
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
The Emphasized Bible
Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?
Webster
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
World English Bible
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
Youngs Literal Translation
Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Themes
God » Is declared to be » Omnipresent
divine Presence » A terror to sinners a comfort to saints » A terror to evil does
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
6 Knowledge being wonderful from me; being high, I shall not be able for it 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? and whither from thy face shall I flee? 8 If I shall ascend to the heavens, thou art there: and shall I bend down to hades, behold thee.
Cross References
Jonah 1:3
And Jonah will rise up to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and he will go down to Joppa; and he will find a ship going to Tarshish, and be will give his hire, and he will go down in it to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Am I God from near, says Jehovah, and not God from far off?
Jonah 1:10
And the men will fear a great fear, and they will say to him, What this thou didst? For the men knew that he fled from the face of Jehovah, for he announced to them.
Acts 5:9
And Peter said to her, For what was it agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them having interred thy husband at the door, and they shall carry thee out.