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Job 11:7
Job 11:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- New International Version (NIV)“Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
Context of Job 11:7
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity! Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? 8[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? 9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 11:7
- Job 5:9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
- Job 26:14Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?
- Job 37:23The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.
- Psalms 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.
- Psalms 145:3Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.
- Isaiah 40:28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
- Matthew 11:27All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him].
- Romans 11:33O depth of riches both of [the] wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!
- 1 Corinthians 2:10but God has revealed to us by [his] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
- Ephesians 3:8To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
Commentaries on Job 11:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Canst thou by searching find out God? - What is God? A Being self-existent, eternal, infinite, immense, without bounds, incomprehensible either by mind, or time, or space. Who then can find this Being out? Who can fathom his depths, ascend to his heights, extend to his breadths, and comprehend the infinitude of his perfections?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Canst then, by searching, find out God? - In order to illustrate the sentiment which he had just expressed, that the secrets of divine wisdom must be far above our comprehension, Zophar introduces here this sublime description of God - a description which seems to have the form and force of a proverb. It seems to have been a settled opinion that man could not find out the Almighty to perfection by his own powers - a sentiment, which is as true now, as it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable. Man is a vain creature; empty, so the word is. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7discover the limits of the Almighty: No one can fully understand the Almighty, who is beyond the heavens, the place of dead people, the land, and the sea (11:8–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Rather, "Penetrate to the perfections of the Almighty" (Job 9:10; Psa 139:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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