Parallel Verses
Amplified
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
New American Standard Bible
If I make my bed in
King James Version
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Holman Bible
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
International Standard Version
If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!
A Conservative Version
If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou 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.
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.
Darby Translation
If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there;
Julia Smith Translation
If I shall ascend to the heavens, thou art there: and shall I bend down to hades, behold thee.
King James 2000
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I ascend to heaven, there you [are], and if I make my bed [in] Sheol, look! [There] you [are].
Modern King James verseion
If I go up into Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I climb up into heaven, thou art there; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
NET Bible
If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
New Heart English Bible
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.
The Emphasized Bible
If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!
Webster
If I ascend 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!
Youngs Literal Translation
If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
Themes
Attributes of God » Omnipresence
God » Mercy of » Omnipresence of
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
7
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Cross References
Job 26:6
“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
Proverbs 15:11
Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the place of eternal punishment) lie open before the Lord—
How much more the hearts and inner motives of the children of men.
Amos 9:2-4
“Though they dig into
From there My hand will take them [for judgment];
And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light],
From there will I bring them down [for judgment].
Job 34:21-22
“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.
Ezekiel 28:12-17
“Son of man, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Obadiah 1:4
“Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
Jonah 2:2
and said,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.