Job 11:7

By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?

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In The King James Version

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

In Context

6so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.

8He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know?

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Cross References

Job 5:9He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

Job 27:11I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.

Job 37:23We are not worthy to be able to find him. Great in strength, great in judgment, great in justice: he is indescribable.

Psalms 77:19And they spoke badly about God. They said, “Would God be able to prepare a table in the desert?

Psalms 145:3in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.

Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.

Matthew Henry on Job 11:2-7

The Address of Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know… Read the whole commentary →

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