For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psalm 139:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My substance was not hid from thee, When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. American Standard Version (1901) My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Common English Bible My bones weren’t hidden from you when I was being put together in a secret place, when I was being woven together in the deep parts of the earth. |
For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the first-born of the cattle.
As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?