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Job 11:7
7You cannot discover everything about God. You cannot know how powerful he is.
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
5So God himself should answer you. He should tell you what he thinks. 6He would show you the secret of wisdom. True wisdom is not easy to understand. But you must understand this: God is punishing you less than you deserve. You cannot discover everything about God. You cannot know how powerful he is. 8His power goes higher than the sky. You cannot do anything about that. His power goes deeper than the place of death. You cannot know all about that. 9The truth about God is wider than the whole earth. It goes far beyond the sea.
Read all of Job 11Job 11:7 word by word
הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 11:7
- Job 5:9He does great things that nobody can understand. He does more miracles than anyone can count.
- Job 26:14These are only a few of the things that God does. We only know about a few small things. If he used all of his power, we could never understand.’
- Job 37:23Almighty God is so great that we cannot come near to him. He is very powerful. But he always does what is right and fair. He is not cruel to people.
- Psalms 77:19You went through the sea. Your path went through the deep water, but nobody saw where your feet had gone.
- Psalms 145:3Clearly the Lord is great! He is so great that we cannot understand it.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11God has chosen a good time for all things to happen. He has caused people to think about things that will continue for ever. But nobody can completely understand everything that God has done, from the beginning of their lives to the end.
- Isaiah 40:28You must surely know what is true! You must have heard about it. The Lord is the God who lives for ever. He made the whole earth, near and far. He never becomes tired or weak. He knows and he understands everything.
- Matthew 11:27My Father has given me authority over all things. Only the Father really knows me, his Son. Only I really know my Father, because I am his Son. I also choose to tell some people about him. Then they also know him.
- Romans 11:33Yes! God is very great! He has everything! He knows and he understands all things! Nobody can completely understand the things that he decides. Nobody can explain the ways in which he works.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10But God has sent his Spirit to show these secrets to us. God's Spirit looks carefully into everything. He even knows God's secret thoughts.
- Ephesians 3:8I am the least important of all God's people. But God has given this special work to me because he is so kind. He has sent me to tell his good news to the Gentiles. Then they know about the many valuable things that Christ has prepared for us.
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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