Job 36:26
Modern Translations
New International Version
How great is God--beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

New Living Translation
“Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted.

English Standard Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.

Berean Study Bible
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

NASB 1995
"Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

NASB 1977
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

Amplified Bible
“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

Christian Standard Bible
Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of his years cannot be counted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of His years cannot be counted.

Contemporary English Version
how great God is--God is more than we imagine; no one can count the years he has lived. *

Good News Translation
We cannot fully know his greatness or count the number of his years.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Certainly, God is so great that he is beyond our understanding. The number of his years cannot be counted.

International Standard Version
"God is truly awesome, beyond what we know; the number of his years is unknowable.

NET Bible
"Yes, God is great--beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

New King James Version
“Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered.

King James 2000 Bible
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

New Heart English Bible
Look, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

World English Bible
Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

American King James Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

American Standard Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

A Faithful Version
Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years cannot be searched out.

Darby Bible Translation
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

English Revised Version
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Beholde, God is excellent, and we knowe him not, neither can the nomber of his yeres bee searched out.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Beholde, so great is God that he passeth our knowledge, neither can the number of his yeres be searched out.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Beholde, so greate is God, that he passeth oure knowlege, nether are we able to come to ye experiece of his yeares.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, God [is] high, "" And we do not know the number of His years, "" Indeed, there [is] no searching.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, God is high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there is no searching.

Smith's Literal Translation
Behold, God is great, and we shall not know the number of his years, and it was not searched out.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Behold, God is mighty and is not known, and the numbering of his years has no end

Lamsa Bible
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, the number of his years is unsearchable.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; The number of His years is unsearchable.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: the number of his years is even infinite.
















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