Job 36:26
Strong's Lexicon
Indeed,
הֶן־ (hen-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if

God [is]
אֵ֣ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power

great—
שַׂ֭גִּיא ()
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7689: 1) great (of God)

beyond
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

our knowledge;
נֵדָ֑ע (nê·ḏā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: 1) to know 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to know 1a1a) to know, learn to know 1a1b) to perceive 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish 1a1e) to know by experience 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess 1a1g) to consider 1a2) to know, be acquainted with 1a3) to know (a person carnally) 1a4) to know how, be skilful in 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed 1b2) to make oneself known 1b3) to be perceived 1b4) to be instructed 1c) (Piel) to cause to know 1d) (Poal) to cause to know 1e) (Pual) 1e1) to be known 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle) 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare 1g) (Hophal) to be made known 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

the number
מִסְפַּ֖ר (mis·par)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4557: 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation

of His years
שָׁנָ֣יו (šā·nāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

is unsearchable
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

חֵֽקֶר׃ (ḥê·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2714: 1) a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; 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.

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

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

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
















Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Hebrews 1:12
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Job 10:5
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Job 36:25
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

Job 36:27
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Job 37:23
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Psalm 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

Psalm 102:27
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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