'Cannot' in the Bible

Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.

It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

He is always doing great things that cannot be explained, countless awesome deeds.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

I cannot bring myself to touch them; food like this makes me sick."

Since I cannot help myself,the hope for success has been banished from me.

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

He does great things that cannot be explained, and awesome deeds that cannot be counted.

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.

If I am wicked, woe to me!And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.I am filled with shameand aware of my affliction.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?

{He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.

Mockers surround me; I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

“He returns what he has attainedAnd cannot swallow it;As to the riches of his trading,He cannot even enjoy them.

[As for] me, [is] my complaint for human beings? And if [so], why cannot I be impatient?

or darkness, so you cannot see,and a flood of water covers you.

Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see,as He walks on the circle of the sky.”

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

“A mother will forget him;The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].

Yet he carries off [the] tyrants by his strength; [if] he rises up, then he cannot be certain of life.

No man can know its value,since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it,and it cannot be valued in pure gold.

I am churning within and cannot rest;days of suffering confront me.

For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

"So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;

"They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.

He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'

Teach me what I cannot see;if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;the number of His years cannot be counted.

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

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Now men cannot even look at the sunwhen it is in the skies,after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

He charges ahead with trembling rage;he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.

I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more."

I cannot be silent about his limbs,his power, and his graceful proportions.

They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.

They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;evil cannot dwell with You.

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;You hate all evildoers.

I crush them, and they cannot get up;they fall beneath my feet.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;all those who go down to the dustwill kneel before Him—even the one who cannot preserve his life.

It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.

There the evildoers fall;they have been thrown down and cannot rise.

I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

For I do not trust my bow, and my sword cannot give me victory.

God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.

Yet these cannot redeem a personor pay his ransom to God—

But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.

They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man's inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,And make their loins shake continually.

My mouth will tell about Your righteousnessand Your salvation all day long,though I cannot sum them up.

[The] stouthearted are plundered; they sleep their sleep, and all [the] able men cannot {use} their hands.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced.

How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];I will not lie to David.

[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

I will destroy anyonewho secretly slanders his neighbor;I cannot tolerate anyonewith haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

You set a boundary they cannot cross;they will never cover the earth again.

They have mouths but cannot speak,eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears but cannot hear,noses, but cannot smell.

They have hands but cannot feel,feet, but cannot walk.They cannot make a sound with their throats.

{A Song of degrees.} They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

They have mouths but cannot speak,eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears but cannot hear;indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude

“May burning coals fall upon them;May they be cast into the fire,Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.