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Psalm 139

Psa. 139:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ifm I ascend up
nacaq (Hebrew #5266)
to go up
KJV usage: ascend.
Pronounce: naw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
into heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, thou art there: if I make my bed
yatsa` (Hebrew #3331)
to strew as a surface
KJV usage: make (one's) bed, X lie, spread.
Pronounce: yaw-tsah'
Origin: a primitive root
in hell
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
n, behold, thou art there.
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Amos 9:2‑4• 2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
 3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
 4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. (Amos 9:2‑4)
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Job 26:6• 6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. (Job 26:6)
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Prov. 15:11• 11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? (Prov. 15:11)

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Bed; Bedstead,
Heaven,
Hell

Cross References

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I ascend.
Ezek. 28:12‑17• 12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
 13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
 14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:12‑17)
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Amos 9:2‑4• 2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
 3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
 4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. (Amos 9:2‑4)
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Obad. 4• 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. (Obad. 4)
in hell.
Job 26:6• 6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. (Job 26:6)
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Job 34:21‑22• 21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
 22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. (Job 34:21‑22)
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Prov. 15:11• 11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? (Prov. 15:11)
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Jonah 2:2• 2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (Jonah 2:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there;