King James Version
Psalms 139:8 in the King James Version says “If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 139 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.”
Psalms 139:8 · KJV
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“into heaven”
H8064the 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 r
“in hell”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
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