Job 11:7

World English Bible (2000)

"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
  • Ps 145:3 : 3 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
  • Job 5:9 : 9 who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
  • Job 37:23 : 23 We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:16 : 16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we have Christ's mind.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Haven't you known? Haven't you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint. He isn't weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

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  • Job 11:8-9
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    8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

    9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

  • 24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

  • 23 We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

  • 6 that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

  • 16 Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9 What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

  • 12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 22:11-13
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    11 or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

    12 "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

    13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

  • Job 40:8-9
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    8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

    9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

  • 11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

  • 5 If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

  • Job 38:18-21
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    18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

    19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

    20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

    21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

  • 17 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

  • Job 7:17-18
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    17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

    18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

  • 3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

  • 2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

  • 20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • 26 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

    34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

  • 3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

  • 14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"

  • Job 27:10-11
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    10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

    11 I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

  • 10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.

  • 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

  • 16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • 5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

  • 22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

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    6 This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.

    7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

  • 13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

  • 33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

  • 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • 23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

  • 26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

  • 17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

  • 6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

  • 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?