Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Holman Bible
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.
A Conservative Version
Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
American Standard Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
25
“All men have seen God’s work;
Man looks at it from a distance.
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born
Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.
Hebrews 1:12
And like a robe You will roll them up;
Like a garment they will be changed.
But
And Your years will never end.”
Job 11:7-9
“Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?
Job 37:5
“God thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
Job 37:23
“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].
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 10:5
‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Are Your years as man’s years,
Job 26:14
“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
Psalm 102:24-27
I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.
Psalm 145:3
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man].
2 Peter 3:8
Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.