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Psalms 139:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— If I ascend into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there];
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— If I ascend the heavens—there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— If I ascend vp into heauen, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— If I ascend into heaven, thou art there; if I descend into Sheol, behold, thou art there also.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
If x518
(0518) Complement
אִם
'im
{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
I ascend up 5266
{5266} Prime
נָסַק
nacaq
{naw-sak'}
A primitive root; to go up.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
into heaven, 8064
{8064} Prime
שָׁמַיִם
shamayim
{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).
thou x859
(0859) Complement
אַתָּה
'attah
{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
[art] there: x8033
(8033) Complement
שָׁם
sham
{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
if I make my bed 3331
{3331} Prime
יָצַע
yatsa`
{yaw-tsah'}
A primitive root; to strew as a surface.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
in hell, 7585
{7585} Prime
שְׁאוֹל
sh@'owl
{sheh-ole'}
From H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), including its accessories and inmates.
behold, x2009
(2009) Complement
הִנֵּה
hinneh
{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
thou [art there].
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 139:1-24.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 139:7-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 139:8

Hell — If I could hide myself in the lowest parts of the earth.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
I ascend:

Ezekiel 28:12-17 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. ... Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Amos 9:2-4 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: ... And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Obadiah 1:4 Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

in hell:

Job 26:6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Job 34:21-22 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. ... [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Proverbs 15:11 Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.
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Jb 26:6; 34:21. Pv 15:11. Ezk 28:12. Am 9:2. Ob 1:4. Jna 2:2.

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