Job 11:7

Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?

Leeser Tanakh

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 declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.

8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?

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Cross References

Job 5:9Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;

Job 27:11I will instruct you concerning what is in the hand of God: [the way] which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Job 37:23The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict:

Psalms 77:19(77:20) Through the sea led thy way, and thy path was through mighty waters, and thy footsteps could not be known.

Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord, and greatly praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

Ecclesiastes 3:11Every thing hath he made beautiful in its [proper] time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man's being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning 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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