Psalms 119:96

KJV1611 – Modern English

I have seen the consummation of all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

📖 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have seen{H7200} an end{H7093} of all perfection;{H8502} [But] thy commandment{H4687} is exceeding{H3966} broad.{H7342}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} an end{H7093} of all perfection{H8502}: but thy commandment{H4687} is exceeding{H3966} broad{H7342}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I se that all thinges come to an ende, but thy commaundemet is exceadinge brode.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad `is' Thy command -- exceedingly!

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.

Referenced Verses

• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• 1 Sam 9:2 : 2 And he had a son named Saul, a chosen young man and goodly: there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
• 1 Sam 17:8 : 8 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.
• 1 Sam 17:49-51 : 49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in the forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand. 51 David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
• 1 Sam 31:4-5 : 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell upon it. 5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.
• 2 Sam 14:25 : 25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
• 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
• 2 Sam 18:14 : 14 Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.
• 2 Sam 18:17 : 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and piled a very large heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled each to his tent.
• Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
• Eccl 1:2-3 : 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?
• Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
• Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
• Eccl 12:8 : 8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
• Matt 5:18 : 18 For truly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle will by any means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
• Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Matt 22:37-40 : 37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
• Mark 12:29-34 : 29 Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 So the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' After that, no one dared question him.
• Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead. 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was intended for life, I found to be leading to death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. 12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
• Rom 7:14 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.