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Job 36:26

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

KJV

Ecce Deus magnus vincens scientiam nostram : numerus annorum ejus inæstimabilis.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς πολύς, καὶ οὐ γνωσόμεθα· ἀριθμὸς ἐτῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέραντος.

LXX

Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

ASV

הֶן אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְ/לֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣י/ו וְ/לֹא חֵֽקֶר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
חֵ֑קֶר
chqr
noun · 12×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שַׂ֭גִּיא
shgy'
adjective · 2×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§223It means coming to know God's greatness and majesty: "Behold, God is great, and we know him not."46 Therefore, we must "serve God first".47
Is God alone the efficient cause of grace? Is any disposition towards grace needed on the part of the recipient, by an act of free-will? Can such a disposition make grace follow of necessity? Is grace equal in all? May anyone know that he has grace? Article 1. Whether God alone is the cause of grace? Objection 1. It would seem that God alone is not the cause of grace. For it is…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 13:12 — 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.
  • 1Kgs 8:27 — 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?
  • 2Pet 3:8 — 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.
  • Heb 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.
  • Job 10:5 — Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
  • Job 11:7 — 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 37:5 — God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
  • Job 37:5 — God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
  • 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 102:24 — I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
  • Ps 102:27 — But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
  • Ps 145:3 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.