Psalms 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
KJV
I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
ASV
מִ/כָּל מְלַמְּדַ֥/י הִשְׂכַּ֑לְתִּי כִּ֥י עֵ֝דְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָ שִׂ֣יחָה לִֽֿ/י
Hebrew
Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation.
YLT
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ךָ
k
noun · 55×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
נִי
ny
verb · 87×
שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה
shychh
noun · 3×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 15:11 — And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
- 1Cor 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
- 1Sam 18:30 — Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
- 2Chr 29:15 — And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
- 2Chr 30:22 — And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the
- 2Sam 15:24 — And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the c
- 2Tim 3:15 — And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- Col 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Deut 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understandi
- Heb 5:12 — For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong me
- Jer 2:8 — The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not pr
- Jer 8:8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
- Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
- Luke 2:47 — And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
- Matt 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Matt 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Matt 13:11 — He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- Matt 15:6 — And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Matt 23:24 — Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
- Mic 2:7 — O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
- Ps 119:24 — Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.