Job 11 · Verse 7

Job 11:7

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Job 11:7, King James Version

Job 11:7 in other translations

BSBCan you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
WEB“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
ASVCanst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
YLTBy searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
DARBYCanst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
BBEAre you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
WebsterCanst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

What does Job 11:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Rather, "Penetrate to the perfections of the Almighty" (Job 9:10; Psa 139:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Canst 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:7-12
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 will not submit to the laws of wisdom. He would be wise, he reaches after forbidden wisdom, and, like his first parents, aiming to be wise above what is written, loses the tree of life for the tree of knowledge. Is such a creature as this fit to contend with God?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 11:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַחֵ֣קֶרha.Che.ker¿ [the] searching ofH2714
אֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haGodH433
תִּמְצָ֑אtim.Tza'will you findH4672
אִ֤ם'imor?H518
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
תַּכְלִ֖יתtakh.Lit[the] end ofH8503
שַׁדַּ֣יsha.Dai[the] AlmightyH7706
תִּמְצָֽא\׃tim.Tza'will you findH4672

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Canst.
5:9; 26:14; 37:23; Ps 77:19; 145:3; Ec 3:11; Isa 40:28; Mt 11:27
Ro 11:33; 1Co 2:10,16; Eph 3:8

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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?

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Job 11:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Alcanzarás tú el rastro de Dios? ¿llegarás tú á la perfección del Todopoderoso?
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?