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Job 11:6-8
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6 and tell you the secrets of wisdom,
    because ·wisdom [resourcefulness] has ·two [or many] sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin [C he has been tolerant of Job’s sin].
7 “Can you ·understand [L discover] the ·secrets [L deep things] of God?
    Can you ·search [L discover] the limits of ·the Almighty [Shaddai]?
8 His limits are higher than the heavens; ·you cannot reach them [L what can you do]!
    They are deeper than ·the grave [L Sheol]; you cannot understand them!

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Job 11:6-8
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6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(A)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(B)

7 “Can you fathom(C) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher(D) than the heavens(E) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(F)—what can you know?(G)

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Job 11:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For wisdom is many-sided.[a]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

7 “Can you find out the deep things of God?
    Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?[b]
8 It is higher than heaven[c]—what can you do?
    Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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  1. Job 11:6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Job 11:7 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  3. Job 11:8 Heb The heights of heaven
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Job 11:6-8
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6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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

8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

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Job 11:6-8
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6 That He would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For they would double your prudence.
Know therefore that (A)God [a]exacts from you
Less than your iniquity deserves.

7 “Can(B) you search out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than [b]Sheol—what can you know?

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  1. Job 11:6 Lit. forgets some of your iniquity for you
  2. Job 11:8 The abode of the dead
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