Job 35:5
“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
Job 22:12
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
Isaiah 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Genesis 15:5
And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!
Job 25:5-6
“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
Job 36:26-5
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
Job 37:16
“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
Job 37:22-23
“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
Psalm 8:3-4
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
Isaiah 40:22-23
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
[It is He] who stretches out the heavens like a veil
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
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“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
And leaps out of its place.
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
[It is He] who stretches out the heavens like a veil
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
The clouds
“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
Or the thundering of His pavilion?
“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.