Psalms 139:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”

Psalms 139:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 139:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 139:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.”

Psalms 139:2 — World English Bible

Psalms 139:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.”

Psalms 139:2 — American Standard Version

Psalms 139:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Thou--Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.”

Psalms 139:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 139:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“ Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off; ”

Psalms 139:2 — Darby Translation

Psalms 139:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.”

Psalms 139:2 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 139:2 in Context — Psalms 139

1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

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What Does Psalms 139:2 Mean?

Psalms 139:2 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 139. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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