Job 11:7
Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
In Context
8Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know?
Cross References
Job 5:9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
Job 27:11I show you by the hand of God, || That which [is] with the Mighty I do not hide.
Job 37:23The Mighty! We have not found Him out, || High in power and judgment, || He does not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
Psalms 77:19Your way [is] in the sea, || And Your paths in many waters, || And Your tracks have not been known.
Psalms 145:3YHWH [is] great, and greatly praised, || And there is no searching of His greatness.
Ecclesiastes 3:11The whole He has made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He has put in their heart without which man does not find out the work that God has 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 →