Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"God is truly awesome, beyond what we know; the number of his years is unknowable.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, God is great, and we shall not know the number of his years, and it was not searched out

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Look, God [is] exalted, and we do not know [him]; the number of his years is unsearchable.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, God is great, and we do not know; the number of His years cannot be searched out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, so great is God, that he passeth our knowledge; neither are we able to come to the experience of his years.

NET Bible

"Yes, God is great -- beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

is great
שׂגּיא 
Saggiy' 
Usage: 2

him not, neither can the number
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

of his years
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

25 All men have looked on it. Man beholds it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. 27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,



Cross References

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.

Hebrews 1:12

And thou will roll them up as a mantle, and they will be changed. But thou are the same, and thy years will not cease.

Job 11:7-9

Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

Job 37:5

God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

Job 37:23

[O] the Almighty, we cannot find him out. He is excellent in power. And in justice and abundant righteousness he will not afflict.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much less this house that I have built!

Job 10:5

Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,

Job 26:14

Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

Psalm 102:24-27

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days. Thy years are throughout all generations.

Psalm 145:3

Great is LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

2 Peter 3:8

But beloved, this one thing you should not ignore, that one day with Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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