Psalms 119:96

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect: but thy commaundement is exceedyng large.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְֽכָל־תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

To all ləḵāl perfection tiḵlâ I have seen rāʾîṯî a limit qēṣ; exceedingly broad rəḥāḇâ məʾōḏ is your commandment miṣwāṯəḵā.

Grammar Details

• *ləḵāl*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to all
• *tiḵlâ*: noun feminine singular - perfection/completeness
• *rāʾîṯî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have seen
• *qēṣ*: noun masculine singular - end/limit
• *rəḥāḇâ*: adjective feminine singular - broad/wide
• *miṣwāṯəḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandment
• *məʾōḏ*: adverb - exceedingly/very much

Word Meanings

• *tiḵlâ*: perfection/completeness/consummation
• *rāʾîṯî*: I have seen/I have observed/I have perceived
• *qēṣ*: limit/end/boundary
• *rəḥāḇâ*: broad/wide/extensive
• *miṣwāṯəḵā*: your commandment/your instruction
• *məʾōḏ*: exceedingly/very/greatly

Referenced Verses

• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart: 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake.
• 1 Sam 9:2 : 2 And the same had a sonne called Saul, a goodly young man and a faire, so that among the children of Israel there was none goodlier then he: From the shoulders vpwarde he was hygher then all the other people.
• 1 Sam 17:8 : 8 And he stoode and cryed against the hoast of Israel, and sayde vnto them: Why are ye come to set your battaile in array? am not I a Philistine, and you seruauntes to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.
• 1 Sam 17:49-51 : 49 And Dauid put his hand in his bagge, and toke out a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone suncke into his forehead, and he fell groueling to the earth. 50 And so Dauid ouercame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine, & slue him, euen when Dauid had no sword in his hand. 51 But Dauid ran and stoode vpon the Philistine, and toke his sword, and drue it out of his sheathe, & slue him, and cut of his head therewith. And when the Philistines sawe that their champion was dead, they fled.
• 1 Sam 31:4-5 : 4 The said Saul vnto his harnesse bearer, Draw out thy sword, & thrust me through therewith: lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through & mocke me. And his harnesse bearer wolde not, for he was sore afrayd: Therefore Saul toke a sword, and fell vpon it. 5 And when his harnesse bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell lykewise vpon his sword, and dyed with him.
• 2 Sam 14:25 : 25 But in al Israel there was none to be so muche praysed as Absalom for beautie: from ye sole of his foote to the toppe of his head, there was no blemishe in him.
• 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel whiche he counseled in those dayes, was as a man had asked counsel at the oracle of God: euen so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both with Dauid and with Absalom.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsel was not folowed, he sadled his Asse, and arose and gate him home to his owne house, and to his owne citie, & put his housholde in order, and hanged him selfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• 2 Sam 18:14 : 14 Then sayde Ioab, I may not stand thus tarying with thee: And he toke three dartes in his hande, & thrust them through Absalom whyle he was yet alyue in the middes of the oke.
• 2 Sam 18:17 : 17 And they toke Absalom, and cast him into a great pyt in the wood, and layed a mightie great heape of stones vpon him: And all Israel fled euery one to their tentes.
• Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.
• Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long, & mine age is euen as nothing before thee: truely euery man is al together vanitie. Selah. 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
• Eccl 1:2-3 : 2 All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie. 3 For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?
• Eccl 2:11 : 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
• Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.
• Eccl 12:8 : 8 All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.
• Matt 5:18 : 18 For truely I say vnto you, tyll heauen and earth passe, one iotte, or one title of the lawe shall not scape, tyll all be fulfylled.
• Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart.
• Matt 22:37-40 : 37 Iesus sayde vnto hym: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy mynde. 38 This is the first and great commaundement. 39 And the seconde is lyke vnto this. Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe. 40 In these two commaundementes, hang all the lawe and the prophetes.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heauen and earth shall passe away but my wordes shall not passe away.
• Mark 12:29-34 : 29 Iesus aunswered hym, the first of all the commaundementes is: Heare O Israel, The Lorde our God, is one Lorde: 30 And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy mynde, and with all thy strength. This is the first commaundement. 31 And the seconde is lyke vnto this: Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe. There is none other commaundement greater then these. 32 And the scribe sayde vnto hym: well maister, thou hast sayde the trueth, for there is one God, & there is none but he. 33 And to loue hym with all the heart, and with all the vnderstandyng, & with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue a mans neyghbour as hym selfe, is greater then all the burnt offerynges and sacrifices. 34 And when Iesus sawe that he aunswered discretely, he sayde vnto hym: Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God. And no man after that, durst aske hym any question.
• Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust. 8 But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne was dead. 9 I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued, 10 And I was dead. And the very same commaundemet, which was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death. 11 For sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, hath deceaued me, and by the same slewe me. 12 Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, & iust and good.
• Rom 7:14 : 14 For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.