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)

“Can you fathom(C) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
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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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.

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

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Footnotes

  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

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.

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

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

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