Job 26:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:10 : 10 The LORD shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The LORD executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”
  • Job 4:12 : 12 Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty? 8 It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know? 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
  • Ps 29:3 : 3 The LORD’s shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.
  • Ps 145:3 : 3 The LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!
  • Isa 40:26-29 : 26 Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing. 27 Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom. 29 He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
  • 1 Cor 13:9-9 : 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, 10 but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

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    2 Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.

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    4 After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

    5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

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    11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.

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    13 By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

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    12 The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

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    24 In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

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  • 26 when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

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    8 He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

    9 He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

  • 2 “Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 4 To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

  • 10 If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?

  • 29 But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

  • 32 With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

  • 8 Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • 22 Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

  • 13 Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

  • 7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • 13 Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

  • 2 What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

  • 3 Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?