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Job 11:7

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

8[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

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Cross References

Job 5:9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

Job 27:11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Job 37:23The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.

Psalms 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

Psalms 145:3Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

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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