Job 11:7 · KJV
“Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?”
— Job 11:7
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that {they are} double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee {less} than thine iniquity {deserveth}.
{It is} as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? {as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven}
Job 11 — Context
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that {they are} double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee {less} than thine iniquity {deserveth}.
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8{It is} as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? {as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven}
9The measure thereof {is} longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Cross References
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable {are} his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every {thing} beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Psalms 145:3
Great {is} the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness {is} unsearchable. {and his...: Heb. and of his greatness there is no search}
Psalms 77:19
Thy way {is} in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Job 37:23
{Touching} the Almighty, we cannot find him out: {he is} excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, {that} the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? {there is} no searching of his understanding.
Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: {unsearchable: Heb. there is no search} {without...: Heb. till there be no number}