Job 36:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֶן־אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃

Transliteration

hen-ʾēl śaggîʾ wə-lōʾ nēdāʿ mispar šānāyw wə-lōʾ-ḥēqer

Grammar Details

• *hen-ʾēl*: interjection + noun, masculine singular - behold, God
• *śaggîʾ*: adjective, masculine singular - great/mighty
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *nēdāʿ*: Niphal imperfect, 1st common plural - we know
• *mispar*: noun, masculine singular construct - number of
• *šānāyw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his years
• *wə-lōʾ-ḥēqer*: conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and no searching out

Word Meanings

• *hen*: behold/indeed/see
• *ʾēl*: God/deity
• *śaggîʾ*: great/mighty/exalted
• *nēdāʿ*: we know/understand/perceive
• *mispar*: number/count/tally
• *šānāyw*: his years/age
• *ḥēqer*: searching out/investigation/searching

Referenced Verses

• Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth{H8795)}, or ever thou hadst formed{H8787)} the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
• Job 37:5 : 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
• Job 37:23 : 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.
• Job 11:7-9 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
• Ps 145:3 : 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
• 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• Heb 1:12 : 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.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• Job 26:14 : 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?
• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
• Job 10:5 : 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
• Ps 102:24-27 : 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.