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Job 36:26

Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

American Standard Version

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 have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.

27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Job 37:5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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

Hebrews 1:12And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, 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 →

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