Psalms 139:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃

Transliteration

For-ʾattâ qānîtā my-kilyōtāy; təsukkēnî in-beṭen ʾimmî

Grammar Details

• *ʾattâ*: independent personal pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *qānîtā*: verb, Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you created/formed/possessed
• *kilyōtāy*: noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my kidneys/inward parts
• *təsukkēnî*: verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you knit me together
• *beṭen*: noun, feminine singular construct - womb of
• *ʾimmî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my mother

Word Meanings

• *qānîtā*: created/formed/possessed/acquired
• *kilyōtāy*: my kidneys/my inward parts/my innermost being
• *təsukkēnî*: knit me together/weave me/cover me/protect me
• *beṭen*: womb/belly/body

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil geue thakes vnto the, for I am woderously made: maruelous are thy workes, and that my soule knoweth right well.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thou hast my reynes in thy possession: thou didst couer me in my mothers wombe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother’s womb.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
• Ps 119:73 : 73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 This is what the LORD says—your Maker and the One who formed you from the womb, who helps you: 'Do not fear, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.'
• Job 10:9-9 : 9 Remember, You fashioned me from clay; will You now return me to dust? 10 Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 12 You gave me life and steadfast love, and Your care preserved my spirit.
• Job 31:15 : 15 Did not the same One who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same God form us both within our mothers?
• Ps 22:9-9 : 9 'Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him! Let Him rescue him, since He delights in him.' 10 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me secure on my mother’s breasts.
• Ps 71:6 : 6 I have relied on you from birth; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
• Isa 46:3 : 3 Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been carried by Me from the womb, lifted up from birth.