Psalm 119:96
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New International Version (©1984)
To all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad. Mem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I have seen a limit to everything else, [but] your commandments have no limit.

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

American King James Version
I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.

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

Bible in Basic English
I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Darby Bible Translation
I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

English Revised Version
I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly!

Geneva Study Bible

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

(d) There is nothing so perfect in earth, but it has an end, only God's word lasts forever.

Wesley's Notes

119:96 Perfection - Of the greatest and most perfect enjoyments in this world. Commandment - Thy word; one part of it being put for the whole. Broad - Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance: it is useful to all persons: it is of everlasting truth and efficacy; it will never deceive those who trust to it, as all worldly things will, but will make men happy both here and for ever.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

119:89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us. See the best help for bad memories, namely, good affections; and though the exact words be lost, if the meaning remain, that is well. I am thine, not my own, not the world's; save me from sin, save me from ruin. The Lord will keep the man in peace, whose mind is stayed on him. It is poor perfection which one sees and end of. Such are all things in this world, which pass for perfections. The glory of man is but as the flower of the grass. The psalmist had seen the fulness of the word of God, and its sufficiency. The word of the Lord reaches to all cases, to all times. It will take us from all confidence in man, or in our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness. Thus shall we seek comfort and happiness from Christ alone.


Psalm 119:95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:97 O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. (NASB ©1995)

Boundless Broad Command Commandment Commands Complete Earth End Exceeding Exceedingly Limit MEM Perfection Purpose Teaching Wide


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

I have seen. That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it sounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity. Ps 39:5,6 1Sa 9:2 17:8,49-51 31:4,5 2Sa 14:25 16:23 17:23 18:14,17 Ec 1:2,3 2:11 7:20 12:8 Mt 5:18 24:35

but thy Ps 19:7,8 Mt 5:28 22:37-40 Mr 12:29-34 Ro 7:7-12,14 Heb 4:12,13

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