Calvinist) denominations such as my denomination (Presbyterian Church in America) indeed use this verse as support for predestination, especially as it pertains to God's eternal plan (referenced here).įew Arminians use this verse as a proof text against predestination, although I did find one example: Some translations go for the embryology approach others go for predestination. Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed - And not one among them.īecause them and they have nothing to refer back to, it's a matter of conjecture/scholarship what that pronoun should be replaced with. "my life was planned out by God, and settled, before I began to be." Modern critics mostly translate "the days," or "my days," "were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them " i.e. Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. But the general meaning can scarcely have been very different from that assigned to the passage in the Authorized Version. Professor Cheyne and others suspect the passage to have suffered corruption. And in thy book all my members were written literally, all of them but the pronoun has no antecedent. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect or, "my embryo." The Hebrew text has but the single word גלמי, which probably means, "the still unformed embryonic mass" (Hengstenberg). The Pulpit Commentary given at one reference says (my emphasis): What is the view of Mainstream Christian Denominations on this verse? Some writers like Rick Warren prefer this NIV way of translation. How should we interpret this verse? I myself cannot accept the NIV way of translation because that would put God responsible for everything in my life, whether good or bad, and that even my destiny of going to Hell or Heaven is predestined. This translation is very hard to digest for me. My understanding of this verse: God has written down how many days I should live on this earth. Ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to
Psalm 139:16 (NIV) Your eyes saw my unformed body all the days My understanding of this verse: God has written down the process of how our bodies will be formed. Unperfect and in thy book all my members were written, which inĬontinuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:16 (KJV) Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
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