Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out. New Living Translation “Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted. English Standard Version Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. Berean Standard Bible Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. King James Bible Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. New King James Version “Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered. New American Standard Bible “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. NASB 1995 “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. NASB 1977 “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. Legacy Standard Bible Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. Amplified Bible “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. Christian Standard Bible Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of his years cannot be counted. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of His years cannot be counted. American Standard Version Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, God is mighty and is not known, and the numbering of his years has no end Brenton Septuagint Translation Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: the number of his years is even infinite. Contemporary English Version how great God is--God is more than we imagine; no one can count the years he has lived. * Douay-Rheims Bible Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable. English Revised Version Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Certainly, God is so great that he is beyond our understanding. The number of his years cannot be counted. Good News Translation We cannot fully know his greatness or count the number of his years. International Standard Version "God is truly awesome, beyond what we know; the number of his years is unknowable. JPS Tanakh 1917 Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; The number of His years is unsearchable. Literal Standard Version Behold, God [is] high, | And we do not know the number of His years, | Indeed, there [is] no searching. Majority Standard Bible Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. New American Bible See, God is great beyond our knowledge, the number of his years past searching out. NET Bible "Yes, God is great--beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable. New Revised Standard Version Surely God is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable. New Heart English Bible Look, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. Webster's Bible Translation Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. World English Bible Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. Young's Literal Translation Lo, God is high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there is no searching. Additional Translations ... Context Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power…25All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar. 26Indeed, God is great— beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. 27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,… Cross References 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Hebrews 1:12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end." Job 10:5 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man, Job 11:7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? Job 36:25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar. Job 36:27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, Job 37:23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. Treasury of Scripture Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. God Job 37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. Psalm 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. we Job 11:7-9 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? … Job 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? Job 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. neither Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Psalm 102:24-27 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations… Hebrews 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Jump to Previous Comprehend Exalted Finding Great Greater Past Searched Searching Understanding UnsearchableJump to Next Comprehend Exalted Finding Great Greater Past Searched Searching Understanding UnsearchableJob 36 1. Elihu shows how God is just in his ways16. How Job's sins hinder God's blessings 24. God's works are to be magnified Verses 26-33. - Elihu passes now to a description, which must be allowed to be eloquent, of the power and providence of God, and especially of his power in the natural world. It is suggested that the storm, which ultimately broke at the theophania (Job 38:1), was already beginning to gather, and turned the thoughts of Elihu in this direction. He begins with the consideration of how rain is generated, passes rapidly to the gathering of the clouds from all quarters, and thence to the loud crashing of the thunder, and the dazzling flashes of the lightning, which illumine even the lowest depths of the sea (ver. 30). The effects of the storm are then spoken of, in words the exact meaning of which is very obscure (vers. 31-33). Verse 26. - Behold, God is great, and we know him not. This is the final lesson which Elihu seeks to impress on his hearers. God is so great their fully to comprehend him transcends the power of the human understanding. However much we know of him, there is more that we do not know. His nature is unsearchable; his depths (1 Corinthians 2:10) are inscrutable; try as we may, we can never "find him out" (Job 37:23). Neither can the number of his years be searched out. Even his duration, being eternal, is beyond us. We cannot realize the thought of pre- and post-eternity. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Indeed,הֶן־ (hen-) Interjection Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! God [is] אֵ֣ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty great— שַׂ֭גִּיא (gî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7689: Mighty beyond וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no our knowledge; נֵדָ֑ע (nê·ḏā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 3045: To know the number מִסְפַּ֖ר (mis·par) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration of His years שָׁנָ֣יו (šā·nāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8141: A year is unsearchable. וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Links Job 36:26 NIVJob 36:26 NLT Job 36:26 ESV Job 36:26 NASB Job 36:26 KJV Job 36:26 BibleApps.com Job 36:26 Biblia Paralela Job 36:26 Chinese Bible Job 36:26 French Bible Job 36:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 36:26 Behold God is great and we don't (Jb) |
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