Psalm 119:96 “I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without…”

Psalm 119:96

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

Darby Translation

I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Young's Literal Translation

Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!

Bible in Basic English

I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide. MEM

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Cross references

“I have seen”

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Matthew 24:35 Matthew 5:18 1 Samuel 9:2 1 Samuel 17:8 1 Samuel 17:49–51

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · BSB

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Matthew 5:18 · BSB

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

1 Samuel 9:2 · BSB

And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

1 Samuel 17:8 · BSB

And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against m…

1 Samuel 17:49–51 · BSB

Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

“but thy”

Matthew 22:37–40 Romans 7:14 Matthew 5:28 Mark 12:29–34 Romans 7:7–12 Psalm 19:7

Matthew 22:37–40 · BSB

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Romans 7:14 · BSB

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Matthew 5:28 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Mark 12:29–34 · BSB

Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Romans 7:7–12 · BSB

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

Psalm 19:7 · BSB

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

95The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

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