“Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.”
King James Version (KJV)
139:3 Compassest - Thou discernest every step I take. It is a metaphor from soldiers besieging their enemies, and setting watches round about them.
Thou compassest my path, and my lying downe, and art acquainted with all my wayes.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
- American Standard Version (1901)
You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.
- Basic English Bible
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
- Darby Bible
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
- Webster's Bible
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
- World English Bible
My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible