Job 11:7

Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.

8Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?

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Cross References

Job 5:9who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

Job 27:11Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

Job 37:23and we do not find another his equal in strength: as for him that judges justly, dost thou not think that he listens?

Psalms 77:19They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Psalms 145:3Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

Ecclesiastes 3:11All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to 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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