Job 36:26

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“Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.”

— WEB

“Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.”

— KJV

“Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Eternity

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Psalms 90:2 "Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God."
Psalms 145:3 "Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable."
Job 11:7-9 "“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?"
Job 37:23 "We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress."
1 Kings 8:27 "But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I…"
Job 37:5 "God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend."
1 Corinthians 13:12 "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known."
Job 26:14 "Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”"

Commentary

(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; Co1 13:12). his years-- (Psa 90:2; Psa 102:24, Psa 102:27); applied to Jesus Christ (Heb 1:12).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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