Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

God

Job 37:5
God thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does great things that we cannot comprehend.
Psalm 145:3
Yahweh is great and is highly praised;
His greatness is unsearchable.

We

Job 11:7
Can you fathom the depths of God
or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 26:14
These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?
Job 37:23
The Almighty—we cannot reach Him—
He is exalted in power!
He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness,
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

Neither

Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.
Psalm 102:24
I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.
Hebrews 1:12
You will roll them up like a cloak,
and they will be changed like a robe.
But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.
2 Peter 3:8
Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

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