King James Version

Psalms 139:13

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

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אַ֭תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.קָנִ֣יתָqanitapurchaseקָנָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “purchase”, a completed actionH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.כִלְיֹתָ֑יkhilyotaykidneysכִּלְיָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “kidneys”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)kidneys, reins.תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיtesukenicoverסָכַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “cover”, an unfinished actionH5526properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protectcover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.בְּבֶ֣טֶןbevetenin bodyבֶּטֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.אִמִּֽיimimotherאֵםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

Douay-Rheims

I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι σὺ ἐκτήσω τοὺς νεφρούς μου Κύριε, ἀντελάβου μου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου.