Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do 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?
Julia Smith Translation
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? and whither from thy face shall I flee?
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?
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 too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it. 7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee? 8 If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
Cross References
Jonah 1:3
And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down to Joppa, and findeth a ship going to Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:23-24
A God near am I -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?
Jonah 1:10
And the men fear a great fear, and say unto him, 'What is this thou hast done!' for the men have known that from the face of Jehovah he is fleeing, for he hath told them.
Acts 5:9
And Peter said unto her, 'How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'