Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.
27 For he detains the drops of water; when the rain pours down rain out of its vapour,



Cross References

Psalm 90:2

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

Hebrews 1:12

and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall never fail.

Job 11:7-9

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou come unto the perfection of the Almighty?

Job 37:5

God shall thunder marvelously with his voice; he does great things, which we cannot comprehend.

Job 37:23

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

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see as through a mirror, in darkness, but then we shall see face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know even as I also am known.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, the heavens 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? Are thy years as man's days,

Job 26:14

Behold, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion have we heard of him? For the thunder of his power, who shall understand?

Psalm 102:24-27

I said, O my God, do not cut me off in the midst of my days; thy years are from generation to generation.

Psalm 145:3

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

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day before the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as one day.

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