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Psalms 139:6
Psalms 139:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 139, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
King James Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
World English Bible
This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
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Psalms 139:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Job 11:9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? 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 the name of His Son— surely you know!
Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!