Job 37:19


“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].

Job 12:3


“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

Job 13:3


“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

Job 13:6


“Please hear my argument
And listen to the pleadings of my lips.

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?”

Job 28:20-21


“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

Job 38:2


“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]
By words without knowledge?

Job 42:3


“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’
Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Psalm 73:16-17


When I considered how to understand this,
It was too great an effort for me and too painful

Psalm 73:22


Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

Psalm 139:6


Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.

Proverbs 30:2-4


Surely I am more brutish and stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].

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 John 3:2

Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Bible References

Teach

Job 12:3

“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?
Job 13:3

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.