New English Translation
Job 36:26
26“Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.
Job 36:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
- New International Version (NIV)How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered.
Context of Job 36:26
24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song. 25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar. “Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable. 27He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist, 28which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.
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הֶן־אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:26
- Job 37:5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
- Psalms 145:3The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!
- Job 11:7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
- Job 37:23As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
- 1 Kings 8:27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
- Psalms 90:2Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
- Psalms 102:24I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.
- Hebrews 1:12and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
- 2 Peter 3:8Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
Commentaries on Job 36:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26God is great - He is omnipotent. We know him not - He is unsearchable. Neither can the number of his years be searched out - He is eternal. These three propositions are an ample foundation for endless disquisition. As to paraphrase and comment, they need none in this place; they are too profound, comprehensive, and sublime.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Behold, God is great, and we know him not - That is, we cannot fully comprehend him; see the notes at Job 11:7-9. Neither can the number of his years be searched out - That is, he is eternal. The object of what is said here is to impress the mind with a sense of the greatness of God, and with the folly of attempting fully to comprehend the reason of what he does. Man is of a few days, and it is presumption in him to sit in judgment on the doings of one…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to his providence. Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. But while the worker of iniquity ought to tremble, the true believer should rejoice. Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he speaks in terror to his…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. (Job 37:13). God's greatness in heaven and earth: a reason why Job should bow under His afflicting hand. know him not--only in part (Job 36:25; 1Co 13:12). his years--(Psa 90:2; 102:24, 27); applied to Jesus Christ (He 1:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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