Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Une science aussi merveilleuse est au-dessus de ma portée, Elle est trop élevée pour que je puisse la saisir.
KJV
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
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