Job 36:26
Beholde, God is excellent, and we knowe him not, neither can the nomber of his yeres bee searched out.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 see it, and men beholde it afarre off.
27When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?
Job 11:7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Job 37:5God thundereth marueilously with his voyce: he worketh great things, which we know not.
Psalms 90:2Before the mountaines were made, and before thou hadst formed the earth, and the world, euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art our God.
Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord, and most worthy to be praysed, and his greatnes is incomprehensible.
Hebrews 1:12And as a vesture shalt thou folde them vp, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not faile.
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 →