“Can you fathom(A) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(B) than the heavens(C) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(D)—what can you know?(E)
Their measure(F) is longer than the earth
    and wider than the sea.(G)

10 “If he comes along and confines you in prison
    and convenes a court, who can oppose him?(H)
11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
    and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(I)
12 But the witless can no more become wise
    than a wild donkey’s colt(J) can be born human.[a](K)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame

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?

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

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