Psalms 139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Thou hast beset me behind, and before: and laid thine hand vpon me.
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- Psalms 34:7Rank 1 from verse 5
- Deuteronomy 33:27Rank 2 from verse 5
27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
27The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnderneath are the euerlasting armes: and he shall thrust out the enemie from before thee, and shall say, Destroy them.
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- Job 23:8–9Rank 4 from verse 5
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
8Behold, I goe forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceiue him:
9On the left hand where hee doeth worke, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himselfe on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
- Exodus 24:11Rank 5 from verse 5
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Psalms 139:5
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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1. To surround or hem in. 2. To entangle or persistently hinder.
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Sense 1: At or toward the back or rear of a person, place, or thing; following after. Sense 2: Remaining or left after another has departed or died. Sense 3: Inferior, deficient, or falling short in relation to another.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
4For there is not a worde in my tongue: but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
5Thou hast beset me behind, and before: and laid thine hand vpon me.
Selected passage6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderfull for me: it is high, I cannot attaine vnto it.