King James Version

Psalms 139:15

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

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לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נִכְחַ֥דnikhchadconcealכָּחַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “conceal”, a completed actionH3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroyconceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.עָצְמִ֗יatsemimightעֹצֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “might”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6108power; hence, bodymight, strong, substance.מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּmimekafromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִיuseytidoעָשָׂהverb, pual, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…בַסֵּ֑תֶרvaseterin backbitingסֵתֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in backbiting”, the ordinary formH5643a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּיruqamtiembroidererרָקַםverb, pual, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “embroiderer”, a completed actionH7551to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricateembroiderer, needlework, curiously work.בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbetachtiotin netherתַּחְתִּיpreposition, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, construct — “in nether”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ἐκρύβη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὃ ἐποίησας ἐν κρυφῇ, καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς.