This knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty. I can`t attain it.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - literally, “Wonderful knowledge away from me,” or, more than I can comprehend. It is beyon…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Such ... —God’s omniscience is for man at once transcendent, unattainable, impossible. Possibly the article has dropped a…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

"You have it, but I cannot reach it. You have it, but …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Thy knowledge is wonderful above me. Two meanings may be attached to ממני: mimmenni. We may read upon me, or, in

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me
Meaning either the knowledge of himself, such as God had of him, which wa…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before Him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying…

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