Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I see that all things come to an end, but thy commandment is exceeding 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 King James verseion
I have seen an end to all perfection; Your Commandment is exceedingly 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
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Cross References
1 Samuel 9:2
the same had a son called Saul, a goodly young man, so that among the children of Israel, there was none goodlier than he, and was thereto, from the shoulders upward, higher than all the other people.
1 Samuel 17:8
And he stood and called unto the host of Israel, and said unto them, "What needeth that ye should come out in array to battle? Am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man, and let him come down to me:
1 Samuel 17:49-51
And David put his hand in his poke and took out a stone and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell groveling to the earth.
1 Samuel 31:4-5
Then said Saul unto his harness bearer, "Draw out thy sword and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come thrust me through and make a mockingstock of me." But his harness bearer would not, for he was sore afraid. Wherefore Saul took a sword and fell upon it.
2 Samuel 14:25
Moreover, in all Israel there was not so goodly a man as Absalom, or so greatly praised - from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel 16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counseled in those days, was as a man had asked counsel of God: even so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both unto David and also unto Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass and arose and gat him home to his own house and to his own city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
2 Samuel 18:14
Then said Joab, "I may not stand tarrying with thee. And therewith he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive on the body of the tree.
2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and cast him into a great pit that was in the wood, and cast a mighty great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled every man to his tent.
Psalm 19:7-8
The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto simple.
Psalm 39:5-6
Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah
Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not one just upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.
Matthew 5:18
For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot or one tittle of the law shall not escape till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus said unto him, "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall perish: but my words shall abide.
Mark 12:29-34
Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord God is One Lord.
Romans 7:7-12
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid: but I knew not what sin meant but by the law. For I had not known what lust had meant, except the law had said, "Thou shalt 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 quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.