Psalms 119:96
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
- KJV
- I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- WEB
- I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
- ASV
- I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- DARBY
- I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- BLB
- To all perfection I have seen an end; broad [is] Your commandment exceedingly.
- ÅB
- På all fullkommenhet har jeg sett en ende, men ditt bud strekker seg såre vidt.
- OTB
- Jeg har sett en grense for all fullkommenhet;
Ditt bud er overmåte bredt. - B1930
- På all fullkommenhet har jeg sett en ende, men ditt bud strekker sig såre vidt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Read in contextMatthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Read in contextPsalms 39:5–6
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Read in contextMatthew 22:37–40
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:2–3
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Read in contextRomans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:8
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
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