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Eccl. 11:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Asy thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor howz the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

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John 3:8• ⁸The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:8)

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Psa. 139:15• ¹⁵My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth. (Psa. 139:15)

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thou knowest not what.

John 3:8• ⁸The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:8)

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Psa. 139:14‑15• ¹⁴I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
¹⁵My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth. (Psa. 139:14‑15)

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Eccl. 7:24• ²⁴Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out? (Eccl. 7:24)

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Eccl. 8:17• ¹⁷then I saw that all is the work of God, and that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek it out, yet doth he not find it; and even, if a wiseman think to know it, he shall not be able to find it out. (Eccl. 8:17)

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Job 5:9• ⁹Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; (Job 5:9)

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Job 26:5‑14• ⁵The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
⁶Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
⁷He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
⁸He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
⁹He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.
¹⁰He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
¹¹The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
¹²He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
¹³By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
¹⁴Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand? (Job 26:5‑14)

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Job 36:24‑33• ²⁴Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
²⁵All men look at it; man beholdeth it afar off.
²⁶Lo, *God is great, and we comprehend him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
²⁷For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
²⁸Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
²⁹But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion?
³⁰Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
³¹For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
³²His hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
³³His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming. (Job 36:24‑33)

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Job 37:23• ²³The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict. (Job 37:23)

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Job 38:4‑41• ⁴Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
⁵Who set the measures thereof--if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
⁶Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
⁸And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
⁹When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
¹⁰When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
¹²Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
¹⁴It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment:
¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
¹⁶Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
¹⁸Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
¹⁹Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
²⁰That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
²¹Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
²²Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
²³Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
²⁴By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?
²⁵Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
²⁸Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
²⁹Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
³⁰When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
³¹Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
³²Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
³³Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
³⁴Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
³⁵Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
³⁷Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
³⁸When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
³⁹Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
⁴⁰When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat? (Job 38:4‑41)

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Job 39:1‑41:34• ¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
²Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
³They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
⁴Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
⁶Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
⁷He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
⁹Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
¹⁰Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
¹¹Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
¹²Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
¹³The wing of the ostrich beats joyously--But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
¹⁴For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
¹⁷For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
¹⁸What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
¹⁹Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
²⁰Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
²³The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
²⁵At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?
²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
²⁸He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
²⁹From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
³⁰And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.
¹And Jehovah answered Job and said,
²Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
³And Job answered Jehovah and said,
⁴Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
⁵Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
⁶And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
⁷Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
⁸Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
⁹Hast thou an arm like *God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
¹⁰Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
¹¹Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
¹²Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
¹³Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
¹⁴Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
¹⁵See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
¹⁶Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
¹⁷He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
¹⁸His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
¹⁹He is the chief of *God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
²⁰For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
²¹He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
²²Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
²³Lo, the river overfloweth--he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
²⁴Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap?
¹Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
²Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
³Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
⁴Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
⁵Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
⁶Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
⁷Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
⁸Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle,--do no more!
⁹Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
¹⁰None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
¹¹Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
¹²I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
¹³Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
¹⁵The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
¹⁶One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
¹⁷They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
¹⁸His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
¹⁹Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
²¹His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
²²In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
²⁴His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether millstone.
²⁵When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
²⁶If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
²⁷He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
²⁸The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
³⁰His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
³¹He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
³²He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
³³Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
³⁴He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts. (Job 39:1‑41:34)

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Psa. 40:5• ⁵Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak them, they are more than can be numbered. (Psa. 40:5)

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Psa. 92:5• ⁵Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep: (Psa. 92:5)

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Psa. 104:24• ²⁴How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)

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Isa. 40:28• ²⁸Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:28)

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Rom. 11:33• ³³O depth of riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)

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As thou knowest not what is the way of the spiritm, how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.

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Or "the wind."