“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? All the sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house which I have built cannot contain you either.
Job 36:26 - Easy To Read Version Yes, God is great.\par But we can’t understand his greatness.\par We don’t know how long God has lived.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, Neither can the number of his years be searched out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, God is great, and we know Him not! The number of His years is unsearchable. [I Cor. 13:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. Common English Bible Look, God is exalted and unknowable; the number of his years is beyond counting. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable. |
“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? All the sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house which I have built cannot contain you either.
Is your life as short as ours?\par Is your life as short as a man’s life?\par No! \{So how do you know what it’s like?\}\par
These are only a few\par of the amazing things that God does.\par We only hear a small whisper from God.\par No person can really understand\par
Every person can see what God did.\par People in faraway countries\par can see those things.\par
“God takes up water from the earth\par and changes it into mist and rain.\par
God All-Powerful is great!\par We can’t understand God!\par God is very powerful,\par but he is also good and fair to us.\par God doesn’t want to hurt us!\par
God’s thundering voice is wonderful!\par He does great things\par that we can’t understand.\par
The Lord is great.\par People praise him very much.\par We can’t count all the great things he does.\par
God, you were God\par before the mountains were born\par and the earth and the world were made.\par God, you have always been,\par and you will always be, God!\par
It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.
You will fold them like a coat.\par And they will be changed like clothes.\par But you never change.\par And your life will never end.”\par \i (Psalm 102:25-27)\i0 \par
But don’t forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.