For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psalm 139:15 - New Revised Standard Version My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 it was you who formed my inward parts; you 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;
Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, 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.”
(When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?