Psalms 119:96

In 11 translations

BSB

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

KJV

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

WEB

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

ASV

I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.

LSV

I have seen an end of all perfection, || Your command [is] exceedingly broad!

YLT

Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!

DBY

I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

DRC118:96

I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

GNV

I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

JPS

I have seen an end to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad.

LXXE118:96

I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לְֽכָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃

LXX-Br118:96

Πάσης συντελείας εἶδον πέρας, πλατεία ἡ ἐντολή σου σφόδρα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
• Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
• Psalms 39:5–6You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he…
• Matthew 22:37–40Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All…
• Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
• Ecclesiastes 1:2–3“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
• 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• 1 Samuel 9:2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
• Hebrews 4:12–13For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Nothing in all creation…
• 1 Samuel 31:4–5Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took…
• Psalms 19:7–8The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are…
• 1 Samuel 17:49–51Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine…
• Ecclesiastes 12:8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
• 1 Samuel 17:8And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against…
• 2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

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