Psalm 139:8 “If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol,…”

Psalm 139:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

World English Bible

If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

American Standard Version

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

Geneva Bible 1599

If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there.

Darby Translation

If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there];

Young's Literal Translation

If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

Bible in Basic English

If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

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Cross references

“I ascend”

Amos 9:2–4 Obadiah 1:4 Ezekiel 28:12–17

Amos 9:2–4 · BSB

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

Obadiah 1:4 · BSB

Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 28:12–17 · BSB

“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

“in hell”

Jonah 2:2 Proverbs 15:11 Job 26:6 Job 34:21 Job 34:22

Jonah 2:2 · BSB

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Proverbs 15:11 · BSB

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!

Job 26:6 · BSB

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Job 34:21 · BSB

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

Job 34:22 · BSB

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

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

In context

7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

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