I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
Parallel translations
- KJV I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
- BSB From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
- NKJV I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb You have been My God.
- NASB I was cast upon You from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
- NLT I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
- Gal 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
- Isa 49:1Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name.
- Isa 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
- Luke 2:40The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
- Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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