Job 26:14

Job 26:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?”

Context of Job 26:14

12He used his power to control the sea. He used his wisdom to destroy Rahab, the great sea monster. 13He used his breath to make the sky become bright. With his hand he cut the great sea snake as it ran away. These 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 26:14 word by word

הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה׀ קְצ֬וֹת דְּרָכָ֗יו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בּ֑וֹ וְרַ֥עַם גְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יו מִ֣י יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• partsקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098
• of his waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• but how littleשֵׁ֫מֶץshemets · whisperH8102
• a portionדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• is heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• of him? but the thunderרַ֫עַםra‛am · thunderH7482
• of his powerגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• who can understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995

Cross-references for Job 26:14

• Job 11:7You cannot discover everything about God. You cannot know how powerful he is.
• Psalms 139:6You know so much about me, it is wonderful. I cannot understand it. My thoughts cannot reach as high as that!
• Psalms 145:3Clearly the Lord is great! He is so great that we cannot understand it.
• Isaiah 40:26Look up at the sky! Think about the one who made all the stars. God is the one who brought together that great army! He knows how many they are and he knows each of their names! When he calls them, each one is there, because he is so strong and powerful.
• 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 13:9At this time, we know only a part of everything. We can only speak a part of God's whole message.
• Job 40:9Do you have the same power to do great things as I have? Can you speak with a voice as loud as thunder? I can!
• 1 Samuel 2:10The Lord will destroy his enemies. He will shout against them from heaven like loud thunder. The Lord will judge everyone on earth. He will make his king strong. He will give power to the king that he has chosen to rule.’
• Psalms 29:3The voice of the Lord shouts over the water. The God of glory makes the noise of thunder. The Lord appears over the great sea.

Commentaries on Job 26:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Lo, these are parts of his ways - קצות ketsoth, the ends or extremities, the outlines, an indistinct sketch, of his eternal power and Godhead. How little a portion is heard - שמץ shemets, a mere whisper; admirably opposed, as Mr. Good has well observed, to רעם raam, the thunder, mentioned in the next clause. As the thunder is to a whisper, so are the tremendous and infinitely varied works of God to the faint outlines exhibited in the above discourse…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Lo, these are parts of his ways - This is a small portion of his works. We see only the outlines, the surface of his mighty doings. This is still true. With all the advances which have been made in science, it is still true that we see but a small part of his works. What we are enabled to trace with all the aids of science, compared with what is unseen and unknown, may be like the analysis of a single drop of water compared with the ocean. But how little…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit that moved upon the face of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-145-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power exist, as Bildad says (Job 25:2), "in high…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 26:14

• God
• Power
• Science
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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Job 26

• 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