Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. King James Bible For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. Darby Bible Translation For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb. World English Bible For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. Young's Literal Translation For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. Psalm 139:13 Parallel Commentary Barnes' Notes on the BibleFor thou hast possessed my reins - The word here rendered "possessed" means properly to "set upright," to "erect," and hence, the derivative of the verb is applied to a cane or reed, as being erect. Then the word means to found, to create, Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:22 - as the heavens and the earth; and then, to get, to gain, to purchase, etc. Here the word seems to be used in its original sense, to make, create, etc. The idea is, not as in our translation, that God "possessed" or "owned" them but that he had "made" them, and that, "therefore," he knew all about them. The word "reins" means literally the "kidneys;" and then, it comes to denote the inward part, the mind, the soul, the seat of the desires, affections, and passions. Jeremiah 11:20. See Psalm 7:9, note; Job 19:27, note. The meaning here is, that God had made him; that the innermost recesses of his being had been constituted as they are by God; and that, "therefore," he must be able to see all that there is in the very depths of the soul, however it may be hidden from the eye of man. Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb - The word here rendered "cover" means properly to interweave; to weave; to knit together, and the literal translation would be, "Thou hast "woven" me in my mother's womb, meaning that God had put his parts together, as one who weaves cloth, or who makes a basket. So it is rendered by DeWette and by Gesenius (Lexicon). The original word has, however, also the idea of protecting, as in a booth or hut, woven or knit together - to wit, of boughs and branches. The former signification best suits the connection; and then the sense would be, that as God had made him - as he had formed his members, and united them in a bodily frame and form before he was born - he must be able to understand all his thoughts and feelings. As he was not concealed from God before he saw the light, so he could not be anywhere. Psalm 139:13 Parallel Commentaries Library September the Eighteenth the All-Round Defence"Thou hast beset me behind." --PSALM cxxxix. 1-12. And that is a defence against the enemies which would attack me in the rear. There is yesterday's sin, and the guilt which is the companion of yesterday's sin. They pursue my soul like fierce hounds, but my gracious Lord will come between my pursuers and me. His mighty grace intervenes, and my security is complete. "Thou hast beset me ... before." And that is a defence against the enemies which would impede my advance and frighten me out of … John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year God Omnipresent and Omniscient --Ps. cxxxix. The Love of Christ. The Kingdom Undivided Cross References Job 10:11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? Psalm 119:73 Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things. Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone, Jump to Previous Belly Body Cover Covered Created Flesh Form Formed Inmost Inward Joined Knit Mother's Parts Possessed Reins Thou Together Womb WoveJump to Next Belly Body Cover Covered Created Flesh Form Formed Inmost Inward Joined Knit Mother's Parts Possessed Reins Thou Together Womb WoveLinks Psalm 139:13 NIVPsalm 139:13 NLT Psalm 139:13 ESV Psalm 139:13 NASB Psalm 139:13 KJV Psalm 139:13 Bible Apps Psalm 139:13 Biblia Paralela Psalm 139:13 Chinese Bible Psalm 139:13 French Bible Psalm 139:13 German Bible Psalm 139:13 Commentaries Bible Hub |