Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psalms 139:6 in other translations
| BSB | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. |
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| WEB | This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. |
| ASV | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
| YLT | Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it. |
| DARBY | O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
| BBE | Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it. |
| Webster | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it. |
What does Psalms 139:6 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 139:1-6
God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying them to our own cases, and with hearts lifted to God in prayer, than with a curious or disputing frame of mind. That God knows all things, is omniscient; that he is every where, is omnipresent; are truths acknowledged by all, yet they are seldom rightly believed in by…
Psalms 139:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 139:6
- Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Job 42:3
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- Job 11:7-9
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- Job 26:14
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
- Psalms 40:5
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
- Psalms 13:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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Context
- Psalms 139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
- Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- Psalms 139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psalms 139:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Más maravillosa es la ciencia que mi capacidad; alta es, no puedo comprenderla. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Connaissance trop merveilleuse pour moi, si élevée que je n’y puis atteindre! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Kenntnis, zu wunderbar für mich, zu hoch: ich vermag sie nicht zu erfassen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi. |