New English Translation
Psalms 139:6
6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
Context of Psalms 139:6
4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. 5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. 7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? 8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:6 word by word
פְּלִ֣יאָֽה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 139:6
- Psalms 40:5O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
- Job 11:7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
- Job 42:3you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless 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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