11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 139:1
Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
Psalm 139:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
- KJV King James Version
- O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me .
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 138:1 in this edition
- Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ | lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ | For the choirmaster | H5329 נָצַח to conduct |
| לְדָוִ֣ד | lə·ḏā·wiḏ | of David | H1732 דָּוִד David |
| מִזְמ֑וֹר | miz·mō·wr | A Psalm | H4210 מִזְמוֹר melody |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | O LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִי | ḥă·qar·ta·nî | You have searched me | H2713 חָקַר to search |
| וַתֵּדָֽע׃ | wat·tê·ḏā‘ | and known me | H3045 יָדַע to know |
Related verses
- Hebrews 4:13
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
- Jeremiah 12:3
But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 17:9–10
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it? “I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
- Psalm 44:21
won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
- Psalm 17:3
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
- Psalm 139:23
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
- 1 Kings 8:39
then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);
- Psalm 11:4–5
Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men. Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
- Revelation 2:23
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Read all of Psalm 139 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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