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Selected Verse: Psalms 139:6 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 139:6	King James	Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - literally, "Wonderful knowledge away from me," or, more than I can comprehend. It is beyond my reach; it surpasses all my powers to comprehend it. It is high, I cannot attain unto it - It is so exalted that I cannot grasp it; I cannot understand how it can be.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - literally, "Wonderful knowledge away from me," or, more than I can comprehend. It is beyond my reach; it surpasses all my powers to comprehend it.

It is high, I cannot attain unto it - It is so exalted that I cannot grasp it; I cannot understand how it can be.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
I cannot - Apprehend in what manner thou dost so presently know all things.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

I cannot - Apprehend in what manner thou dost so presently know all things.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Such knowledge is too wonderful - I think, with Kennicott, that פלאיה דעת pelaiah daath should be read פלאי הדעת peli haddaath, "This knowledge," ממני mimmenni, "is beyond or above me." This change is made by taking the ה he from the end of פלאיה pelaiah, which is really no word, and joining it with דעת daath; which, by giving it an article, makes it demonstrative, הדעת haddaath, "This knowledge." This kind of knowledye, God's knowledge, that takes in all things, and their reasons, essences, tendencies, and issues, is far beyond me.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Such knowledge is too wonderful - I think, with Kennicott, that פלאיה דעת pelaiah daath should be read פלאי הדעת peli haddaath, "This knowledge," ממני mimmenni, "is beyond or above me." This change is made by taking the ה he from the end of פלאיה pelaiah, which is really no word, and joining it with דעת daath; which, by giving it an article, makes it demonstrative, הדעת haddaath, "This knowledge." This kind of knowledye, God's knowledge, that takes in all things, and their reasons, essences, tendencies, and issues, is far beyond me.

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