Psalms 139:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
  • Job 42:3 : 3 you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 O LORD, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
  • Job 26:14 : 14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty? 8 It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know? 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding; 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor can I have knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:7-11
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    7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?

    8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

    9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

    10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me.

    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

  • Ps 139:1-5
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    80%

    1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know.

    2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.

    3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.

    4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.

    5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.

  • Job 42:3
    79%

    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Ps 73:16
    78%

    16When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

  • Prov 30:18
    76%

    18There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:

  • Ps 139:13-18
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    76%

    13Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother’s womb.

    14I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;

    15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.

    16Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

    17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!

    18If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you.

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

    8It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?

  • Eccl 7:23-24
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    76%

    23Human Wisdom is Limited I have examined all this by wisdom; I said,“I am determined to comprehend this”– but it was beyond my grasp.

    24Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

  • Ps 131:1
    75%

    1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

  • Ps 139:23
    74%

    23Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

  • Prov 30:3
    74%

    3I have not learned wisdom, nor can I have knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 9:10-11
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    73%

    10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

    11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

  • Ps 73:11
    73%

    11They say,“How does God know what we do? Is the Most High aware of what goes on?”

  • Ps 144:3
    73%

    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

  • Ps 142:3
    72%

    3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

  • Ps 92:5
    72%

    5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate!

  • Ps 39:4
    72%

    4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

  • Rom 11:33
    72%

    33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!

  • Job 22:12
    71%

    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

  • Job 37:16
    71%

    16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Ps 40:5
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    5O LORD, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

  • Job 15:9
    71%

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • Ps 147:5
    71%

    5Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • Ps 119:73
    71%

    73י(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

  • Job 36:3
    71%

    3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

  • Job 28:12
    71%

    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 2:5
    71%

    5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

  • Job 36:26
    71%

    26The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

  • Ps 138:6
    71%

    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Job 10:7
    70%

    7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

  • Ps 119:66
    70%

    66Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable.

  • Ps 69:5
    70%

    5O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

  • Job 5:9
    70%

    9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

  • Job 23:3
    70%

    3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!