Job 11:7
Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
In Context
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?
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; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Job 37:23The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is excellent in power, yet to judgment and plenteous justice He doeth no violence.
Psalms 77:19(77-20) Thy way was in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps were not known.
Psalms 145:3Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.
Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; also He hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done 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 →