Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? New Living Translation I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! English Standard Version Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? Berean Standard Bible Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? King James Bible Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? New King James Version Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? New American Standard Bible Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? NASB 1995 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? NASB 1977 Where can I go from Thy Spirit? Or where can I flee from Thy presence? Legacy Standard Bible Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Amplified Bible Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Christian Standard Bible Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Holman Christian Standard Bible Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? American Standard Version Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? Contemporary English Version Where could I go to escape from your Spirit or from your sight? English Revised Version Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? GOD'S WORD® Translation Where can I go [to get away] from your Spirit? Where can I run [to get away] from you? Good News Translation Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence? International Standard Version Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence? Majority Standard Bible Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? NET Bible Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? New Heart English Bible Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? Webster's Bible Translation Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? World English Bible Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTo where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face? Young's Literal Translation Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee? Smith's Literal Translation Whither shall I go from thy spirit? and whither from thy face shall I flee? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Where can I go from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee? New Revised Standard Version Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Where shall I go from your Spirit and where shall I hide from before you? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? Brenton Septuagint Translation Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context You Have Searched Me and Known Me…6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? 8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.… Cross References Jeremiah 23:24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good. Amos 9:2-4 Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / 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. / Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.” Job 34:21-22 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step. / There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide. 1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. Isaiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? Acts 17:27-28 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. / ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty. Treasury of Scripture Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? Jeremiah 23:23,24 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? … Jonah 1:3,10 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD… Acts 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Jump to Previous Face Flee Flight Presence Spirit WhitherJump to Next Face Flee Flight Presence Spirit WhitherPsalm 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 Where can I go The phrase "Where can I go" suggests a quest for a place or state of being that is beyond the reach of God. The Hebrew root for "go" is "yalak," which often implies movement or journeying. This reflects the human desire to explore or escape, yet it acknowledges the futility of such attempts when it comes to God's omnipresence. Historically, this reflects the ancient understanding of God as not confined to a temple or a specific location, unlike the gods of surrounding nations. to escape Your Spirit Where can I flee from Your presence? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whereאָ֭נָ֥ה (’ā·nāh) Interrogative Strong's 575: Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither can I go אֵלֵ֣ךְ (’ê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to escape Your Spirit? מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ (mê·rū·ḥe·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit Where וְ֝אָ֗נָה (wə·’ā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 575: Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither can I flee אֶבְרָֽח׃ (’eḇ·rāḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly from Your presence? מִפָּנֶ֥יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Links Psalm 139:7 NIVPsalm 139:7 NLT Psalm 139:7 ESV Psalm 139:7 NASB Psalm 139:7 KJV Psalm 139:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 139:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 139:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 139:7 French Bible Psalm 139:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 139:7 Where could I go from your Spirit? 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