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Psalms 119:96

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

KJV

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

ASV

לְֽ/כָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְ/ךָ֣ מְאֹֽד

Hebrew

Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command--exceedingly!

YLT

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 183×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
קֵּ֖ץ
qts
noun · 66×
רַחֲבַ֣ת
rchbt
adjective · 21×
תִּ֭כְלָה
tklh
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 1:8 — But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
  • Eccl 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.
  • Ezra 7:10 — For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
  • Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
  • Matt 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.
  • Matt 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
  • Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Ps 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
  • Ps 119:18 — Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.