Psalms 139:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?”
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BSBPD
“Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 139:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
- Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
- Jonah 1:10Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
- Acts 5:9“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
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