Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I have seen an end to all perfection; Your Commandment is exceedingly broad.
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 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 named Saul, a young and handsome one. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he, being taller than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.
1 Samuel 17:8
And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in order? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants to Saul? Choose a man for you, and let him come down to me.
1 Samuel 17:49-51
And David put his hand into his bag and took a stone from there, and slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead. And he fell on his face to the earth.
1 Samuel 31:4-5
And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.
2 Samuel 14:25
But in all Israel there was not a man handsome like Absalom. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel 16:23
And the advice of Ahithophel, which he advised in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel, both with David and with Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, even he saddled the ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order. And he hanged himself and died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
2 Samuel 18:14
And Joab said, I cannot stay here with you this way! And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they laid a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled, each one to his tent.
Psalm 19:7-8
The Law of Jehovah is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making the simple wise.
Psalm 39:5-6
Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
Matthew 5:18
For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law until all is fulfilled.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus 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
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
Mark 12:29-34
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;
Romans 7:7-12
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Let it not be said! But I did not know sin except through the law. For also I did not know lust except the law said, You shall not lust.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.