Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Dieu est grand, mais sa grandeur nous échappe, Le nombre de ses années est impénétrable.
KJV
Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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of grace and its object is God, Who by reason of His very excellence is unknown to us, according to Job 36:26 : "Behold God is great, exceeding our knowledge." And hence His presence in us and His absence cannot be known with certainty, according to Job 9:11 : "If He come to me,…
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. Hinc per Job: Ecce, inquit, Deus vincens scientiam nostram: nullus ei similis in legislatoribus (Job XXXVI, 26) . Inde Apostolus: Moyses quidem tanquam famulus erat in testimonium eorum quae dicenda erant; Christus autem tanquam filius in domo sua (Heb. III, 5, 6) . Auri quid…
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