Romans 11:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

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  • Ps 92:5 : 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
  • Job 5:9 : 9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ, 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
  • Job 37:23 : 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all? 8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge; 9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;
  • Job 26:14 : 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
  • Job 37:19 : 19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.
  • Rom 9:23 : 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,
  • Job 9:10 : 10 Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.
  • Ps 107:8-9 : 8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things. 10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron; 11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High: 12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper. 13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles. 14 He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken. 15 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 16 The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two. 17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled; 18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death. 19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. 20 He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld. 21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy. 23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters; 24 They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 25 For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves. 26 The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble. 27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing. 28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. 29 He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace. 30 Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire. 31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 32 Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs. 33 He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land; 34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there. 35 He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs. 36 And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town; 37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit. 38 He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less. 39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow, 40 He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way. 41 But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock. 42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped. 43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
  • Prov 25:3 : 3 The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Eph 3:18 : 18 May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,

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  • 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

  • 24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

  • 26 Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

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    6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

    9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

  • 6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

  • 10 Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

  • 11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.

  • 3 The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

  • 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

  • 9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

  • 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

  • 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

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    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

    20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

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    20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

  • 11 Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

  • 18 Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

  • 25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

  • 22 Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

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    19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

    20 For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

  • 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?

  • 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out.

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    10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

    11 For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

  • 16 For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

  • 19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

  • 9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • 5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • 13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

  • 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

  • 19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

  • 9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • 13 With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • 15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

  • 24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

  • 17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • 3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

  • 13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

  • 7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;