Psalm 119:96 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but thy commandment is exceedingly broad.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection: But thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹⁶ I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]. [Rom. 3:10-19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM.

Common English Bible

⁹⁶ I’ve seen that everything, no matter how perfect, has a limit, but your commandment is boundless.

Psalm 119:96 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

2 Samuel 16:23

Now in those days the counsel which Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the oak.

2 Samuel 18:17

And they took Absalom, and threw him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled every one to his own home.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Matthew 5:18

For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

1 Samuel 17:8

He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 9:2

and he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.