# 1 Clement 28.3

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:56; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/3/

Summary: God is everywhere.

## Greek text

λέγει γάρ που τὸ γραφεῖον· Ποῦ ἀφήξω καὶ ποῦ κρυβήσομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου; ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν ἀπέλθω εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς γῆς, ἐκεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου· ἐὰν καταστρώσω εἰς τὰς ἀβύσσους, ἐκεῖ τὸ πνεῦμά σου.

## English translation (Claude)

For the writing says somewhere: “Where shall I go, and where shall I hide from your presence? If I go up into heaven, you are there; if I go away to the ends of the earth, there is your right hand; if I make my bed in the abysses, there is your Spirit.”

## Scripture references

- Ps 139:7–10 (138:7-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence

## Translation notes

- “The writing” (τὸ γραφεῖον): an unusual word for Scripture; here the Psalms.

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 28.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/3/).