Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Job 11:7 in other translations
| BSB | Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? |
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| WEB | “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty? |
| ASV | Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? |
| YLT | By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? |
| DARBY | Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? |
| BBE | Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all? |
| Webster | Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? |
What does Job 11:7 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:7-12
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Job 11:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 11:7
- Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Psalms 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
- Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
- Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- Psalms 77:19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- 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.
- Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
- 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?
- 1 Corinthians 2:10
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
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Context
- Job 11:6
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
- Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Job 11:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Alcanzarás tú el rastro de Dios? ¿llegarás tú á la perfección del Todopoderoso? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Peux-tu, en sondant, découvrir ce qui est en ✝Dieu, ou découvriras-tu parfaitement le Tout-puissant? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Kannst du die Tiefe Gottes erreichen, oder das Wesen des Allmächtigen ergründen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes, et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies? |