Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
the number of His years cannot be counted.
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.
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
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
25
people have looked at it from a distance.
the number of His years cannot be counted.
they distill the rain into its
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 90:2
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.
Hebrews 1:12
and they will be changed like a robe.
But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.
Job 11:7-9
or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 37:5
He does great things that we cannot comprehend.
Job 37:23
He is exalted in power!
He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness,
1 Corinthians 13:12
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.
1 Kings 8:27
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.
Job 10:5
or Your years like those of a man,
Job 26:14
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?
Psalm 102:24-27
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.
Psalm 145:3
His greatness is unsearchable.
2 Peter 3:8
Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.