God’s Word Translation
Psalms 139:7
7Where can I go ⌞to get away⌟ from your Spirit? Where can I run ⌞to get away⌟ from you?
Psalms 139:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- New International Version (NIV)Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Context of Psalms 139:7
5You are all around me—in front of me and in back of me. You lay your hand on me. 6Such knowledge is beyond my grasp. It is so high I cannot reach it. Where can I go ⌞to get away⌟ from your Spirit? Where can I run ⌞to get away⌟ from you? 8If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in hell, you are there. 9If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun ⌞or⌟ land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets,
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:7 word by word
אָ֭נָ֥ה אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ וְ֝אָ֗נָה מִפָּנֶ֥יךָ אֶבְרָֽח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 139:7
- Jeremiah 23:23“I am a God who is near. I am also a God who is far away,” declares the Lord.
- Jonah 1:3Jonah immediately tried to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went on board. He wanted to go to Tarshish to get away from the Lord.
- Acts 5:9Then Peter said to her, “How could you and your husband agree to test the Lord’s Spirit? Those who buried your husband are standing at the door, and they will carry you outside for burial.”
Commentaries on Psalms 139:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? - Where shall I go where thy spirit is not; that is, where thou art not; where there is no God. The word “spirit” here does not refer particularly to the Holy Spirit, but to God “as” a spirit. “Whither shall I go from the all-pervading Spirit - from God, considered as a spirit?” This is a clear statement that God is a “Spirit” (compare John 4:24); and that, as a spirit, he is Omnipresent. Or whither shall I flee from…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the other hand, the believer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12The psalmist shows wonder at God being everywhere at all times.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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