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Job 36:26

Job 36:26 is verse 26 of Job chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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Job 36:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.

25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.

26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 37:5

God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.

Psalms 145:3

Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

Job 11:7

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 11:9

Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

Job 26:14

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

Job 37:23

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Psalms 102:24

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

Psalms 102:25

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalms 102:26

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

Psalms 102:27

But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

Hebrews 1:12

You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”

2 Peter 3:8

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

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