English Standard Version
Psalms 139:6
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Psalms 139:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- New International Version (NIV)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
Context of Psalms 139:6
4Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. 5You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. 7Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:6 word by word
פְּלִ֣יאָֽה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:6
- Psalms 40:5You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Job 11:7"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
- Job 26:14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
- Job 42:3'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Commentaries on Psalms 139:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - literally, “Wonderful knowledge away from me,” or, more than I can comprehend. It is beyond my reach; it surpasses all my powers to comprehend it. It is high, I cannot attain unto it - It is so exalted that I cannot grasp it; I cannot understand how it can be.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Lord’s wonderful understanding lies beyond the psalmist’s ability to comprehend (see Judges 13:18).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6Knowledge is hidden from me, etc. A place to escape from You is covered up and hidden from me. (I found this.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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