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Psalms 139:15

139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. right: Heb. greatly
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. substance: or, strength, or, body

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My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of the earth.

139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. all: Heb. all of them which: or, what days they should be fashioned

What does Psalms 139:15 mean?

Psalms 139:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֹצֶם (ʻôtsem), כָּחַד (kâchad), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh).

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My
substanceעֹצֶםʻôtsem/o'-tsem/H6108power; hence, body
was
not
hidכָּחַדkâchad/kaw-khad'/H3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
from
thee,
when
I
was
madeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
in
secret,סֵתֶרçêther/say'-ther/H5643a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
and
curiously
wroughtרָקַםrâqam/raw-kam'/H7551to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate
in
the
lowest
partsתַּחְתִּיtachtîy/takh-tee'/H8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
of
the
earth.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
substance:
or,
strength,
or,
body

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 139:15.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 6:16

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out

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What does Psalms 139:15 say?

Psalms 139:15 (King James Version) reads: "My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. substance: or, strength, or, body"

Is Psalms 139:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 139:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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