Job 36:26
24 Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
- KJV
- Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
- WEB
- Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
- ASV
- Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
- DARBY
- Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
- BLB
- Behold, God [is] great, and we do not know [Him], and [there is] no searching the number of His years.
- ÅB
- Se, Gud er stor, og vi forstår ham ikke; hans års tall er uutgrundelig;
- OTB
- Se, Gud er stor utover vår forståelse;
antallet av Hans år er ubegripelig. - B1930
- Se, Gud er stor, og vi forstår ham ikke; hans års tall er uutgrundelig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Read in contextPsalms 145:3
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
Read in contextJob 11:7–9
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Read in context1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Read in contextJob 37:5
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Read in contextJob 37:23
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Read in contextPsalms 102:24–27
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
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