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Job 37:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

Touching the Almighty, wed cannot find him out: he is excellent ine power, and in judgmentf, and in plenty of justiceg: he will not afflicth.

1 Tim. 6:16• ¹⁶who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)

Psa. 62:11• ¹¹Once hath God spoken;{HR}Twice have I heard this,{HR}That power [belongeth] to God. (Psa. 62:11)

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Psa. 66:3• ³Say to God, How terrible [are] thy doings;{HR}In the greatness of thy strength thine enemies shall cringe to thee. (Psa. 66:3)

Psa. 99:4• ⁴And the king's strength loveth judgment:{HR}Thou hast established equity;{HR}Thou hast wrought judgment{HR}And righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)

Isa. 45:21• ²¹Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. (Isa. 45:21)

Lam. 3:33• ³³For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. (Lam. 3:33)

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we.

Job 37:19• ¹⁹Teach us what we shall say to him?{HR}We cannot set forth because of darkness. (Job 37:19)

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Job 11:7• ⁷Canst thou, searching, find out God?{HR}Canst thou the Almighty find out to perfection? (Job 11:7)

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Job 26:14• ¹⁴Lo, these [are] the ends of his ways,{HR}And what a whisper of a word we hear of him!{HR}And the thunder of his might who understandeth? (Job 26:14)

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Job 36:26• ²⁶Lo! God [is] great — we know not;{HR}As for the number of his years, [there is] no searching. (Job 36:26)

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Prov. 30:3‑4• ³I have neither learned wisdom,{HR}Nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
⁴Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended?{HR}Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?{HR}Who hath bound the waters in a mantle?{HR}Who hath established all the ends of the earth?{HR}What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? (Prov. 30:3‑4)

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Eccl. 3:11• ¹¹He hath made everything beautiful in its time:{HR}Also he hath set the world in their heart,{HR}Yet so that man cannot find out the work{HR}That God hath done from the beginning even to the end. (Eccl. 3:11)

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Luke 10:22• ²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal [him]. (Luke 10:22)

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

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1 Tim. 6:16• ¹⁶who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)

excellent.

Job 9:4,19• ⁴Wise in heart, and mighty in strength!{HR}Who hath held out against him, and been unhurt?
¹⁹If [I turn] to might, lo, [he is] strong,{HR}If to judicial trial, who will cite me? (Job 9:4,19)

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Job 12:13• ¹³With him [are] wisdom and might,{HR}He hath counsel and understanding. (Job 12:13)

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Job 36:5• ⁵Lo! God [El] [is] great, and despiseth not,{HR}Great in strength — in heart. (Job 36:5)

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Psa. 62:11• ¹¹Once hath God spoken;{HR}Twice have I heard this,{HR}That power [belongeth] to God. (Psa. 62:11)

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Psa. 65:6• ⁶Establishing mountains by his strength, girded with power; (Psa. 65:6)

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Psa. 66:3• ³Say to God, How terrible [are] thy doings;{HR}In the greatness of thy strength thine enemies shall cringe to thee. (Psa. 66:3)

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Psa. 93:1• ¹Jehovah reigneth; [with] majesty he is clothed,{HR}[With] strength he girdeth himself:{HR}Yea the world is established,{HR}It shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)

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Psa. 99:4• ⁴And the king's strength loveth judgment:{HR}Thou hast established equity;{HR}Thou hast wrought judgment{HR}And righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)

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Psa. 146:6‑7• ⁶Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever;
⁷Doing judgment for the oppressed,{HR}Giving bread to the hungry.{HR}Jehovah looseth the prisoners; (Psa. 146:6‑7)

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Matt. 6:13• ¹³and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil. (Matt. 6:13)

in judgment.

Psa. 36:5‑7• ⁵O Jehovah, thy mercy [is] in the heavens,{HR}Thy truth [is] unto the clouds.
⁶Thy righteousness is like [the] mountains of God,{HR}Thy judgments [are] a great deep;{HR}Thou savest man and beast, O Jehovah.
⁷How precious [is] thy mercy, O God!{HR}And the sons of men shall trust in the shadow of thy wings. (Psa. 36:5‑7)

he will.

Job 16:7‑17• ⁷Surely now he hath exhausted me,{HR}Thou hast desolated all my company, and bound me;
⁸It became a witness, and rose up against me,{HR}My leanness accuseth me to the face;
⁹His wrath hath torn and warred on me;{HR}He hath gnashed on me with his teeth;{HR}Mine enemy whetteth his eyes on me.
¹⁰They gaped at me with their mouth,{HR}With reproach they smote my cheeks.{HR}They strengthen themselves together against me.
¹¹God hath shut me up to the unrighteous,{HR}And thrown me over into the hand of the wicked.
¹²I sat at ease, and he smashed me,{HR}And seized me by the neck, and dashed me,{HR}And set me as a mark for himself;
¹³His arrows compassed me about;{HR}He cleaveth my reins, and spareth not.{HR}He poureth out my gall on the ground.
¹⁴He breaketh me breach upon breach,{HR}He runneth upon me like a warrior.
¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,{HR}And stuck my horn into the dust.
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,{HR}And on mine eyelids [is] death shade,
¹⁷Though no violence [is] in my hands,{HR}And my prayer [is] pure. (Job 16:7‑17)

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Psa. 30:5• ⁵For a moment [is] in his anger, a life [is] in his favour;{HR}Weeping remaineth in the evening, but in the morning rejoicing. (Psa. 30:5)

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Lam. 3:32‑33• ³²but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
³³For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. (Lam. 3:32‑33)

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Heb. 12:10• ¹⁰For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit in order to the partaking of his holiness. (Heb. 12:10)

• It is the Almighty, we cannot fathom His greatness, but we know His uprightness is as great as His power. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgmentg, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflicth.

JND Translation Notes

Elsewhere "right."

Or "answer."

W. Kelly Translation

The Almighty! we do not find him out;{HR}Great in power and judgment,{HR}And great in righteousness, he will not give answer.