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He would show you the secrets of wisdom because there are two sides. Then you would know that God is punishing you less than you should get.

“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out how far the All-powerful can go? They are higher than the heavens. What can you do? They are deeper than the place of the dead. What can you know?

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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.

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

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Footnotes

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

and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For he is manifold in (A)understanding.[a]
Know then that God (B)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Job 11:8 Hebrew The heights of heaven