You Have Searched Me and Known Me
Psalms 139:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- KJV
- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- 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.
- LSV
- Knowledge too wonderful for me, || It has been set on high, || I am not able for it.
- YLT
- Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
- DBY
- O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
- DRC138:6
- Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
- GNV
- Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
- JPS
- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.
- LXXE138:6
- The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads פְּלִ֣אָֽיה; read aloud (Qere) reads פְּלִ֣יאָֽה (“[is too] wonderful”).
- Written (Ketiv): פִּלְאִיָּה. Read aloud (Qere): פְּלִ֣יאָֽה (“[is too] wonderful”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- פלאיה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃Read aloud as (qere): פְּלִ֣יאָֽה
- LXX-Br138:6
- Ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ, ἐκραταιώθη, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GodReadings, SelectIgnoranceOmniscienceWisdom of God, TheHeartPraiseOmnipresenceForeknow; Foreknowledge
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- Job 11:7–9Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and…
- Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
- Proverbs 30:2–4Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in…
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 138:6 in some Bibles
- 139:6 in most Bibles