Job 36:26 “Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is…”

Job 36:26

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, God is excellent, and we knowe him not, neither can the nomber of his yeres bee searched out.

Darby Translation

Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

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Cross references

“God”

Psalm 145:3 Job 37:5

Psalm 145:3 · BSB

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

Job 37:5 · BSB

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

“we”

Job 11:7–9 Job 37:23 1 Kings 8:27 Job 26:14

Job 11:7–9 · BSB

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

Job 37:23 · BSB

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 · BSB

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

Job 26:14 · BSB

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?”

“neither”

Psalm 90:2 Psalm 102:24–27 Hebrews 1:12 2 Peter 3:8

Psalm 90:2 · BSB

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

Psalm 102:24–27 · BSB

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

Hebrews 1:12 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

Also

1 Corinthians 13:12 Job 10:5

1 Corinthians 13:12 · BSB

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Job 10:5 · BSB

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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