Psalms 139:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Job 42:3 : 3 `Who `is' this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these `are' the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? 8 Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou? 9 Longer than earth `is' its measure, And broader than the sea.
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. 3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know. 4 Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What `is' His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!

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    7Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?

    8If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou `art', And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

    9I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

    10Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.

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  • Ps 139:1-5
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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

    2Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

    3My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And `with' all my ways hast been acquainted.

    4For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

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    3`Who `is' this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

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    16And I think to know this, Perverseness it `is' in mine eyes,

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    18Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

  • Ps 139:13-18
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    13For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

    14I confess Thee, because that `with' wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful `are' Thy works, And my soul is knowing `it' well.

    15My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.

    16Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

    17And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

    18I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.

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    7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

    8Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

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    23All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it `is' far from me.

    24Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

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    1A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

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    23Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,

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    3Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.

  • Job 9:10-11
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    10Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering.

    11Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.

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    11And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

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    3Jehovah, what `is' man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

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    3When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way `in' which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

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    5How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

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  • Rom 11:33
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    33O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

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    12Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

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    16Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

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    5Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

  • Job 15:9
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    9What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?

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    5Great `is' our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

  • Ps 119:73
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    73`Yod.' Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

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    3I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

  • Job 28:12
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    12And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?

  • Prov 2:5
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    5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

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    26Lo, God `is' high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there `is' no searching.

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    6For high `is' Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

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    7For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.

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    66The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

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    5O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

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    9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

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    3O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,