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Psalm 139:16–17

16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.

17 lHow precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

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Psalm 139:16–17 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:16–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:16–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

And in thy book all my members were written,

Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:16–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 You saw me before I was born.

Every day of my life was recorded in your book.

Every moment was laid out

before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.

They cannot be numbered!

Psalm 139:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 you saw my body as it was formed.

All the days planned for me

were written in your book

before I was one day old.

17 God, your thoughts are precious to me.

They are so many!

Psalm 139:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;

And in thy book they were all written,

Even the days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O •God! how great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 Your eyes saw me when I was still an unborn child. 

Every day ⸤of my life⸥ was recorded in your book 

before one of them had taken place. 

17 How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God! 

How vast in number they are! 

Psalm 139:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;

all my days were written in Your book and planned

before a single one of them began.

17 God, how difficult Your thoughts are

for me to comprehend;

how vast their sum is!

Psalm 139:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.

In your book were written

all the days that were formed for me,

when none of them as yet existed.

17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:16–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Your eyes saw my embryo,

and in your book they all were written—

days fashioned for me when there was not one of them.

17 And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God;

how vast is their sum.

Psalm 139:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 your eyes saw my body even before it was formed.

You planned how many days I would live.

You wrote down the number of them in your book

before I had lived through even one of them.

17 God, your thoughts about me are priceless.

No one can possibly add them all up.

Psalm 139:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in Your book were all written

The days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!


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