Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, New Living Translation If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, English Standard Version If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Berean Standard Bible If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, King James Bible If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; New King James Version If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, New American Standard Bible If I take up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, NASB 1995 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, NASB 1977 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Legacy Standard Bible If I lift up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Amplified Bible If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Christian Standard Bible If I fly on the wings of the dawn and settle down on the western horizon, Holman Christian Standard Bible If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, American Standard Version If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Aramaic Bible in Plain English If I shall lift my wings like an Eagle's and dwell at the end of the Sea Brenton Septuagint Translation If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain, Contemporary English Version Suppose I had wings like the dawning day and flew across the ocean. Douay-Rheims Bible If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: English Revised Version If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; GOD'S WORD® Translation If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun [or] land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets, Good News Translation If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west, International Standard Version If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon JPS Tanakh 1917 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Literal Standard Version I take the wings of morning, | I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, Majority Standard Bible If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, New American Bible If I take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea, NET Bible If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, New Revised Standard Version If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, New Heart English Bible If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; Webster's Bible Translation If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; World English Bible If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, Young's Literal Translation I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context You Have Searched Me and Known Me…8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. 9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, 10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.… Cross References Psalm 65:8 Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy. Psalm 139:8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. Psalm 139:10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. Amos 9:3 Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. Jonah 1:3 Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. Treasury of Scripture If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; If I take. the wings Psalm 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. Psalm 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. dwell Psalm 74:16,17 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun… Isaiah 24:14-16 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea… Jump to Previous Dawn Dwell Far Farthest Morning Part Parts Remotest Rise Sea Settle Side Uttermost WingsJump to Next Dawn Dwell Far Farthest Morning Part Parts Remotest Rise Sea Settle Side Uttermost WingsPsalm 139 1. David praises God for his all-seeing providence17. And for this infinite mercies 19. He defies the wicked 23. He prays for sincerity (9) If . . .--Literally, I lift wings of dawn I dwell in the end of the sea. The wings of the morning.--This exquisite image suggesting not only the pinions of cloud that seem often to lift the dawn into the sky, but also the swift sailing of the light across the world, may be compared to the "wings of the sun" in Malachi 4:2, and the "wings of the wind" in Psalm 18:10. The uttermost parts of the sea--i.e., to a Hebrew the extreme west. The poet imagines himself darting from east to farthest west, with the rapidity of light. Verses 9, 10. - If I take the wings of the morning. If I were to speed across the earth on the wings of the dawn, and, having done so, were then to dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea - the extreme west, where the sun sets - even there shall thy hand lead me. In that distant region I should still find thy guiding hand. And thy right hand shall hold me. Thy strong right hand would uphold me.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew If I rise onאֶשָּׂ֥א (’eś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take the wings כַנְפֵי־ (ḵan·p̄ê-) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle of the dawn, שָׁ֑חַר (šā·ḥar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7837: Dawn if I settle אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה (’eš·kə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell by the farthest בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity sea, יָֽם׃ (yām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin Links Psalm 139:9 NIVPsalm 139:9 NLT Psalm 139:9 ESV Psalm 139:9 NASB Psalm 139:9 KJV Psalm 139:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 139:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 139:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 139:9 French Bible Psalm 139:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 139:9 If I take the wings (Psalm Ps Psa.) |