Job 36:26

What does Job 36:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 36:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there <FI>is<Fi> no searching.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.25All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.

v.26This passage

v.27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 10:5

    Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days,

  • 2 Peter 3:8

    But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

  • Job 37:23

    Touchingthe Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.

  • Job 11:7

    Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

  • 1 Kings 8:27

    But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

  • Job 37:5

    God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

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