Psalm 139:7 “Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your prese…”

Psalm 139:7

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

American Standard Version

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Geneva Bible 1599

Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Darby Translation

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?

Young's Literal Translation

Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?

Bible in Basic English

Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

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Cross references

“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”

Jonah 1:3 Jonah 1:10 Jeremiah 23:23 Jeremiah 23:24 Acts 5:9

Jonah 1:3 · BSB

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence…

Jonah 1:10 · BSB

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Jeremiah 23:23 · BSB

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

Jeremiah 23:24 · BSB

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

Acts 5:9 · BSB

“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

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