Psalm 139:7 {138:7}
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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?

Jeremiah 23:23,24 Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? . . .

Jonah 1:3,10 Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me. . . .

Acts 5:9 And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door: and they shall carry thee out,

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
6Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?8If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:16
And when Jacob awaked out of sleep, he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.

1 Kings 8:27
Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

Jeremiah 23:24
Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Jonah 1:3
Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

Lexicon
Where
אָ֭נָ֥ה (’ā·nāh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 575: Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither

can I go
אֵלֵ֣ךְ (’ê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to escape Your Spirit?
מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ (mê·rū·ḥe·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

Where
וְ֝אָ֗נָה (wə·’ā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 575: Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither

can I flee
אֶבְרָֽח׃ (’eḇ·rāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

from Your presence?
מִפָּנֶ֥יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face


Additional Translations
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?

Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
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