Psalms 139:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Job 42:3 : 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all? 8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge; 9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man: 3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:7-11
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    83%

    7 Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

    8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

    9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

    10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

    11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

  • Ps 139:1-5
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

    2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

    3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

    4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

    5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.

  • 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • 16 When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

  • 18 There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

  • Ps 139:13-18
    6 verses
    76%

    13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

    14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

    15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

    16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

    17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

    18 If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

  • Eccl 7:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

    24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

  • 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

  • 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • 3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 9:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

    11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

  • 11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

  • 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

  • 4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

  • 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

  • 12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

  • 16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

  • 5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

  • 9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • 5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • 73 <JOD> Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.

  • 3 I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

  • 12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • 26 Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

  • 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

  • 7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

  • 66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

  • 5 O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

  • 9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

  • 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!