Job 36:26
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
In Context
25All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
27For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Job 37:5God thundereth marvellously with his voice, doing great things which we do not comprehend.
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
Psalms 145:3Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Hebrews 1:12and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.
Matthew Henry on Job 36:25-33
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the… Read the whole commentary →