- Bible
- Job
- Chapter 11
- Verse 7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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Gill's Exposition
Canst thou by searching find out God?.... God is not to be found out by human search; that there is a God may be found out by inquiring into the book of nature, by considering the creatures that are…
Barnes' Notes
Canst then, by searching, find out God? - In order to illustrate the sentiment which he had just expressed, that the secrets of divine wisdom must be far above our comprehension, Zophar introduces…
Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful…
Panegyric on the Divine Wisdom or Omniscience. This wisdom cannot be fathomed by man (Job 11:11). It fills all things (Job 11:8-9). And this explains the sudden calamities that befall men, for God…
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