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?

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

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

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

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

    11If 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Job 42:3
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    3Who 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 73:16
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    16When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

  • Prov 30:18
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    18There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

  • Ps 139:13-18
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    13My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

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

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

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

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

    18If 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
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    7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

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

  • Eccl 7:23-24
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    23All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

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

  • Ps 131:1
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  • Ps 139:23
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    23O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • Prov 30:3
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    3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 9:10-11
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    10Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

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

  • Ps 73:11
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    11And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • Ps 144:3
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    3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

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

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

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

  • Rom 11:33
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    33O 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 22:12
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    12Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

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

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    5O 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Job 28:12
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    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 2:5
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    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Job 36:26
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    26Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

  • Job 10:7
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    7Though 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?

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

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

  • Job 5:9
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    9Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

  • Job 23:3
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    3If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!