Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.
New American Standard Bible
You
King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Holman Bible
You understand my thoughts from far away.
A Conservative Version
Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.
American Standard Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Amplified
You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
Bible in Basic English
You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
Darby Translation
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
Julia Smith Translation
Thou knewest my sitting and my rising; thou didst understand for my thoughts from far of
King James 2000
You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.
Modern King James verseion
You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off.
NET Bible
You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
New Heart English Bible
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:
Webster
Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
World English Bible
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
Themes
Divine Knowledge » General reference to
God » Eternal the growth of » Knowledge possessed by
God » Is declared to be » Omniscient
The Heart » God » Understands the thoughts of
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » General reference to
Knowledge » God's » General reference to
The Providence of God » Is all pervading
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:2
Images Psalm 139:2
Prayers for Psalm 139:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
1 LORD, you have examined me; you have known me. 2 You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you. 3 You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:27
"But when you sit down, when you go out, and when you come in, I'm aware of it!
Matthew 9:4
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?
Psalm 94:11
The LORD knows the thoughts of human beings that they are futile.
John 2:24-25
Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are "God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me."
2 Kings 6:12
"No, your majesty," one of his servants said. "Elisha the prophet, who lives in Israel, tells the king of Israel what you talk about in your bedroom!"
Psalm 56:8
You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle have not you recorded them in your book?
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing both the evil and the good.
Isaiah 37:28
""I know when you rise up and when you sit down, your comings and goings and how you've become enraged at me.
Ezekiel 38:10-11
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "This is what's going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You'll be thinking, making evil plans,
Ezekiel 38:17
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Surely you're the one about whom I spoke years ago in the writings of my servants, Israel's prophets, aren't you? They predicted back then that I would bring you up after many years, didn't they?
Zechariah 4:10
For who has despised the time of insignificant things? They will rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven lights represent the eyes of the LORD, which are looking throughout all of the earth."
Luke 9:47
But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore, stop judging prematurely, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is now hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.