Psalms 139:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.”

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BSBPD

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Eventhe days that were ordainedfor me, When as yet there was none of them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed--And not one among them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 139:16 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
  2. Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
  3. Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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