Psalm 139:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ If I go up into the heavens, You are there; If I make my bed in the grave, see, You are there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. [Rom. 11:33.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

Common English Bible

⁸ If I went up to heaven, you would be there. If I went down to the grave, you would be there too!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.

Psalm 139:8 Cross References

Job 26:6

The grave is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering.

Proverbs 15:11

The grave and destruction are before יהוה, How much more the hearts of the sons of men.

Jeremiah 23:24

“If anyone is hidden in secret places, would I not see him?” declares יהוה. “Do I not fill the heavens and earth?” declares יהוה.

Obadiah 1:4

“Though you rise high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I shall bring you down,” declares יהוה.

Jonah 2:2

And he said, “I called to יהוה  because of my distress, and He answered me. From the stomach of the grave I cried, and You heard my voice.