King James Version

Psalms 139:8

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אֶסַּ֣קesaqascendנָסַקverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “ascend”, an unfinished actionH5266to go upascend.שָׁ֭מַיִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the 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 revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).שָׁ֣םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.אָ֑תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.וְאַצִּ֖יעָהveatsiahand make bedיַצַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and make bed”, a determination or requestH3331to strew as a surfacemake (one's) bed, [idiom] lie, spread.שְּׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.הִנֶּֽךָּhinekaifהֵןparticle, demonstrative, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

Young’s Literal Translation

If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

World English Bible

If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

Darby Translation

If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there];

Douay-Rheims

O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν καταβῶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάρει.