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Job 11:7
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Can you fathom the depths of Godor discover the limits of the Almighty?
"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of Shaddai?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
"Can you understand the secrets of God? Can you search the limits of the Almighty?
"Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
"Can you discover the depths of God? Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?
"Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
"Can you find the depths of God?Can you find the limits of the Almighty?
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Can you understand the mysteries surrounding God All-Powerful?
"Can you penetrate God's depths? Can you find out Shaddai's limits?
Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Can you understand the deep things of God? Or can you stand at the outer boundary of the Almighty?
Can you discover the limits and bounds of the greatness and power of God?
"Can you find out the essence of God, or can you find out the ultimate limits of Shaddai?
Can you find out God by searching? Or can you find out the end of the Almighty?
Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie?
Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?
Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?
Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
In hap thou schalt comprehende the steppis of God, and thou schalt fynde Almyyti God `til to perfeccioun.
Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
"Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
"Can you solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out how far the All-powerful can go?
"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
"Do you think you can explain the mystery of God? Do you think you can diagram God Almighty? God is far higher than you can imagine, far deeper than you can comprehend, Stretching farther than earth's horizons, far wider than the endless ocean. If he happens along, throws you in jail then hauls you into court, can you do anything about it? He sees through vain pretensions, spots evil a long way off— no one pulls the wool over his eyes! Hollow men, hollow women, will wise up about the same time mules learn to talk.
"Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Canst: Job 5:9, Job 26:14, Job 37:23, Psalms 77:19, Psalms 145:3, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 40:28, Matthew 11:27, Romans 11:33, 1 Corinthians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Ephesians 3:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - Almighty Genesis 32:29 - Wherefore Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Exodus 33:23 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 29:29 - secret Ruth 1:20 - the Almighty Job 36:26 - we Job 37:5 - great Job 37:20 - surely Psalms 8:9 - General Psalms 36:6 - judgments Psalms 86:10 - For Psalms 139:6 - knowledge Proverbs 25:2 - the glory Proverbs 30:3 - nor Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General Ecclesiastes 8:17 - that a man Isaiah 19:12 - let them Isaiah 40:12 - measured Jeremiah 31:37 - If 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General Ephesians 3:18 - able
Cross-References
Then God said, "Now let's make humans who will be like us. They will rule over all the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. They will rule over all the large animals and all the little things that crawl on the earth."
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."
All the people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. The people separated and went to different countries according to languages, families, and nations.
All these people were descendants of Ham. They are arranged by families, languages, countries, and nations.
This is the list of the families from Noah's sons. They are arranged according to their nations. From these families came all the people who spread across the earth after the flood.
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.
Then the people said, "Let's build ourselves a city and a tower that will reach to the sky. Then we will be famous. This will keep us together so that we will not be scattered all over the earth."
Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower.
After that Shem lived 500 years. He had other sons and daughters.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, his son Shelah was born.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Canst thou by searching find out God?.... God is not to be found out by human search; that there is a God may be found out by inquiring into the book of nature, by considering the creatures that are made, who all proclaim some first cause or maker of them, who is God; but then it cannot be found out what God is, his nature, being, and perfections: an Heathen philosopher i, being asked by a certain king what God was, required a day to give in his answer; when that was up he desired a second, and still went on asking more; and being demanded the reason of his dilatoriness, replied, the more he had considered the question, the more obscure it was to him: the world by wisdom, or the wiser part of the Heathen world, knew not God; though they knew there was one, they knew not who and what he was; and therefore in some places altars were erected to the unknown God,
Acts 17:23: and though some of the perfections of God may be investigated from the works of nature, such as the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, Romans 1:19; yet not all his perfections, such as his grace, mercy, c. proclaimed and displayed in Christ nor indeed his counsels, purposes, and decrees, which lie in his eternal mind, are the thoughts of his heart, the deep things of God, which none but the Spirit of God searches, knows, and reveals; and since Zophar's request was, that God should show to Job "the secrets of wisdom", these may be meant here, either evangelical wisdom, the wisdom of God in a mystery hid in his heart from everlasting, and the mysterious truths and doctrines or it, things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to conceive of; these are not to be found out by human search, but are by the revelation of God; or else the reasons of the proceedings of God in Providence, which are out of the reach of men, dark, intricate, mysterious, unsearchable, and past finding out:
canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? to the uttermost of his nature and perfections; all his attributes, the last of them, and the extremity thereof: that God is perfect and entire, wanting nothing, and is possessed of all perfections, may be found out, or otherwise he would not be God; but his essence and attributes, being infinite, can never be traced and comprehended by finite minds; there are some perfections of God we have no idea of, but are lost in confusion and amazement as soon as we think of them and reason about them, as his eternity and immensity particularly; for, when we have rolled over in our minds millions and millions of ages, we are as far off from eternity as when we began; and when we have pervaded all worlds, and every space and place, we have got no further into immensity than at first; we are confounded when we think of a Being without beginning and without bounds, unoriginated, and unlimited; yea, even it is but a small part of the works of God in creation that is known by men, or of God in and by them; nay, by divine revelation, which gives the clearest and most enlarged view of him, whereby he has proclaimed his name, a God gracious and merciful, c. yet it is only his back parts that are shown, not his face it is only through a glass, darkly, we now see; indeed, in the other world, we shall see him face to face, and as he is, yet then never comprehend his essence: and, after all, it is only in Christ that God is to be found, to saving purposes; in him is the most glorious display of him; being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person; and not only all his perfections are in him, as a divine Person, but they are glorified by him as Mediator; every step in salvation is taken in Christ, and every blessing of grace comes through him; what of the divine Presence and communion with God is enjoyed is by him; and he will be the medium of the enjoyment of God, and of all the glory and happiness of the saints in the world to come.
i Simonides, apud Cicero, de Nat. Deor. l. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Canst 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 was then, and which is of the utmost importance in all our inquiries about the Creator. The sentiment is expressed in a most beautiful manner; and the language itself is not unworthy of the theme. The word “searching,” חקר chêqer, is from חקר châqar to search, to search out, to examine; and the primary sense, according to Gesenius, lies in searching in the earth by boring or digging - as for metals. Then it means to search with diligence and care. Here it means that by the utmost attention in examining the works of God, it would be impossible for man to find out the Almighty to perfection. All the investigations which have been made of God, have fallen short of the object; and at the present time it is as true as it was in the days of Job, that we cannot, by searching, find him out. Of much that pertains to him and his plans we must be content to remain in ignorance, until we are admitted to the revelations of a higher world - happy and thankful now that we are permitted to know so much of him as we do, and that we are apprized of the existence of one infinite and perfect mind. It is an inexpressible privilege to know “anything” of God; and it is proof of the exalted nature of man, that he is now capable of becoming in any degree acquainted with the divine nature.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 11:7. 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?
