God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:96
96I have seen a limit to everything else, ⌞but⌟ your commandments have no limit.
Psalms 119:96 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- New International Version (NIV)To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Context of Psalms 119:96
94I am yours. Save me, because I have searched for your guiding principles. 95The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, ⌞yet⌟ I want to understand your written instructions. I have seen a limit to everything else, ⌞but⌟ your commandments have no limit. 97Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long. 98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because your commandments are always with me.
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לְֽכָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:96
- Psalms 39:5Indeed, you have made the length of my days ⌞only⌟ a few inches. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
- 1 Samuel 9:2He had a son named Saul, a handsome, young man. No man in Israel was more handsome than Saul. He stood a head taller than everyone else.
- 1 Samuel 17:8Goliath stood and called to the Israelites, “Why do you form a battle line? Am I not a Philistine, and aren’t you Saul’s servants? Choose a man, and let him come down to ⌞fight⌟ me.
- 1 Samuel 31:4Saul told his armorbearer, “Draw your sword! Stab me, or these godless men will come, stab me, and make fun of me.” But his armorbearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
- 2 Samuel 14:25Now, no one in all Israel was praised for his good looks as much as Absalom was. He had no blemish from head to toe.
- 2 Samuel 16:23In those days both David and Absalom thought that Ahithophel’s advice was like getting an answer from God.
- 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice hadn’t been followed, he saddled his donkey, left, and went home to his own city. He gave instructions to his family. Then he hanged himself, died, and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- 2 Samuel 18:14Then Joab said, “I shouldn’t waste time with you like this.” He took three sharp sticks and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the tree.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2“Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Absolutely pointless! Everything is pointless.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:11But when I turned to look at all that I had accomplished and all the hard work I had put into it, I saw that it was all pointless. ⌞It was like⌟ trying to catch the wind. I gained nothing ⌞from any of my accomplishments⌟ under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 12:8“Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Everything is pointless!”
- Matthew 5:18I can guarantee this truth: Until the earth and the heavens disappear, neither a period nor a comma will disappear from the Scriptures before everything has come true.
- Matthew 24:35The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
- Psalms 19:7The teachings of the Lord are perfect. They renew the soul. The testimony of the Lord is dependable. It makes gullible people wise.
- Matthew 5:28But I can guarantee that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery in his heart.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:96
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 96I have seen an end of all perfection - Literally, "Of all consummations I have seen the end:" as if one should say, Every thing of human origin has its limits and end, howsoever extensive, noble, and excellent. All arts and sciences, languages, inventions, have their respective principles, have their limits and ends; as they came from man and relate to man, they shall end with man: but thy law, thy revelation, which is a picture of thy own mind, an…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 96I have seen an end of all perfection - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה tiklâh - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית taklı̂yth - occurs in the following places: in Nehemiah 3:21, and Job 26:10, rendered “end;” in Job 11:7; Job 28:3, rendered “perfection;” and in Psalm 139:22, rendered “perfect.” It means properly “completion, perfection;” or, as others suppose, “hope, confidence.” It is rendered, in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 89-96Verses 89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 96I have seen a limit to all perfection: Humans cannot fully understand God's ways (see Ecclesiastes 3:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-176ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). 1. undefiled--literally, "complete," perfect, or sincere (compare Psa 37:37). in--or, "of" the way--course of life. walk--act in the law--according to it (compare Lu 1:6). law--from a word meaning "to teach," is a term of rather general purport, denoting the instruction of God's Word.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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