Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
King James Version
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Holman Bible
but Your command is without limit.
International Standard Version
I have observed that all things have their limit, but your commandment is very broad. Mem
A Conservative Version
I have seen an end of all perfection. Thy commandment is exceedingly broad.
American Standard Version
MEM. I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Amplified
I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];
Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].
Bible in Basic English
I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
Darby Translation
I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw the end to all perfection: thy command is exceeding broad.
King James 2000
I have seen a limit to all perfection: but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I have seen a limit to every perfection; your command [is] very broad.
Modern King James verseion
I have seen an end to all perfection; Your Commandment is exceedingly broad.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I see that all things come to an end, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
NET Bible
I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.
New Heart English Bible
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
The Emphasized Bible
To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
Webster
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
World English Bible
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
Youngs Literal Translation
Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly!
Themes
Commandment » The commandments of the lord
The law of God » Described as » Exceeding broad
Perfection » Impossibility of attaining to
Understanding » Who understands
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 119:96
Verse Info
Context Readings
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 17:8
He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
1 Samuel 17:49-51
And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
1 Samuel 31:4-5
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 mistreat me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel 16:23
Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
2 Samuel 18:14
Joab said, "I will not waste time like this with you." And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.
2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
Psalm 19:7-8
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
Psalm 39:5-6
Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.
Matthew 5:18
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 22:37-40
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Mark 12:29-34
Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Romans 7:7-12
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.