Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

King James Version

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Holman Bible

Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.

International Standard Version

Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.

A Conservative Version

Thine eyes saw my unformed substance, and in thy book they were all written, [even] the days that were ordained, when as yet there was none of them.

American Standard Version

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me , When as yet there was none of them.

Amplified


Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were appointed for me,
When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

Bible in Basic English

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

Darby Translation

Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Julia Smith Translation

Thine eyes saw my substance unformed; and upon thy book all of them shall be written; the days they were formed, and not one in them.

King James 2000

Your eyes did see my substance, being yet unformed; and in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your eyes saw my embryo, and in your book they all were written-- days fashioned [for me] when [there was] not one of them.

Modern King James verseion

Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written, the days they were formed, and not one was among them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was not one of them.

NET Bible

Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

New Heart English Bible

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

The Emphasized Bible

Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, - the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.

Webster

Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

World English Bible

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

Youngs Literal Translation

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 139:16

Devotionals containing Psalm 139:16

References

Images Psalm 139:16

Prayers for Psalm 139:16

Context Readings

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Cross References

Psalm 56:8

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

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

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