This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
Parallel translations
- KJV Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- BSB Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- NKJV Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
- NASB Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.
- NLT Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
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Cross-references · 7
- Rom 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
- Job 11:7–9“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 26:14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
- Ps 40:5Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
- Prov 30:2–4“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
- Ps 13:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
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