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Psalm 139:8

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139:8If I were to ascend8 to heaven, you would be there.

If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.9

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Footnotes

  1. 8 The Hebrew verb סָלַק (salaq, “to ascend”) occurs only here in the OT, but the word is well-attested in Aramaic literature from different time periods and displays a wide semantic range (see 2:788–90).
  2. 9 Heb “look, you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If I ascend to heaven, you are there!

If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

NLTNew Living Translation

If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I go down to the grave, you are there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If I ascend to heaven, there you are,

and if I make my bed in Sheol, look! There you are.

KJV 1900King James Version

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.