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Psalms 139:6

O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

In Context

5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?

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Cross References

Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

Job 42:3Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Psalms 40:5Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak [them], they are more than can be numbered.

Proverbs 30:18There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:

Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:2-7

The Omniscience of God. 1 O Lord , thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord , thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. David here lays down this great doctrine,… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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