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Psalm 139

Psa. 139:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Such knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
is too wonderful
pil'iy (Hebrew #6383)
from 6381; remarkable
KJV usage: secret, wonderful.
Pronounce: pil-ee'
Origin: or paliy1 {paw-lee'}
pil'iy (Hebrew #6383)
from 6381; remarkable
KJV usage: secret, wonderful.
Pronounce: pil-ee'
Origin: or paliy1 {paw-lee'}
for me; it is high
sagab (Hebrew #7682)
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively --defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Pronounce: saw-gab'
, I cannot
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
attain unto it.

Cross References

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Psa. 40:5• 5Great things hast thou done, O Jehovah my God;{HR}Thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts to us none can set in order to thee:{HR}I would declare and speak—they are too many to be numbered. (Psa. 40:5)
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Psa. 13:1• 1To the chief musician, a Psalm of David.{HR}Until when, O Jehovah? Wilt thou forget me forever?{HR}Until when wilt thou bide thy face from me? (Psa. 13:1)
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Job 11:7‑9• 7Canst thou, searching, find out God?{HR}Canst thou the Almighty find out to perfection?
8Heights of heaven, what canst thou do?{HR}Deeper than hell, what canst thou know?
9Longer than the earth [is] its measure,{HR}And broader than the sea.
(Job 11:7‑9)
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Job 26:14• 14Lo, these [are] the ends of his ways,{HR}And what a whisper of a word we hear of him!{HR}And the thunder of his might who understandeth? (Job 26:14)
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Job 42:3• 3Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?{HR}Therefore I declared what I understood not,{HR}Things too wonderful for me, that I knew not. (Job 42:3)
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Prov. 30:2‑4• 2{i}Truly I am more stupid than any one;{HR}And I have not a man's intelligence.{HR}{/i}
3{i}I have neither learned wisdom,{HR}Nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.{/i}
4{i}Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended?{HR}Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?{HR}Who hath bound the waters in a mantle?{HR}Who hath established all the ends of the earth?{HR}What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?{/i}
(Prov. 30:2‑4)
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Rom. 11:33• 33O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)

J. N. Darby Translation

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O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

W. Kelly Translation

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Knowledge too wonderful for me!{HR}It is high: I cannot [rise] unto it.