3 Thou alone knowest the duration of the generations, And Thou revealest not Thy mysteries to many. (2BA)
2 Baruch 48:3
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2 Baruch 48:12–14
12 For in a little time are we born, And in a little time do we return. (2BA) 13 But with Thee hours are as a time, And days as generations. (2BA) 14 Be not therefore wroth with man; for he is nothing (2BA)
Job 36:25–27
25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar. 26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. 27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
2 Enoch 40:3–5
3 I have measured and described the stars, the great countless multitude of them. (2EN) 4 What man has seen their revolutions, and their entrances? For not even the angels see their number, while I have written all their names. (2EN) 5 And I measured the sun's circle, and measur… (2EN)
2 Baruch 75:3–5
3 Or who can comprehend Thy intelligence? (2BA) 4 Or who is able to recount the thoughts of Thy mind? (2BA) 5 Or who of those who are born can hope to come to those things, Unless he is one to whom Thou art merciful and gracious? (2BA)
Book of Enoch 63:2–4
2 And they shall bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say: ‘Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings, And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich, And the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom, (ENO) 3 And splendid in every secret thing is Thy p… (ENO)
2 Baruch 14:8–10
8 should not be overwhelmed on account of the works of those who wrought unrighteousness. But who, O Lord, my Lord, will comprehend Thy judgement, Or who will search out the profoundness of Thy way? Or who will think out the weight of Thy path? (2BA) 9 Or who will be ab… (2BA)
2 Baruch 54:2–4
2 (Thou) for whom nothing is too hard, But who dost everything easily by a nod: (2BA) 3 (Thou) to whom the depths come as the heights, And whose word the beginnings of the ages serve: (2BA) 4 (Thou) who revealest to those who fear Thee what is prepared for them, That thenceforth… (2BA)
Psalms of Solomon 14:7–9
7 Their delight is in fleeting corruption, And they remember not God. (PSS) 8 For the ways of men are known before Him at all times, And He knoweth the secrets of the heart before they come to pass. (PSS) 9 Therefore their inheritance is Sheol and darkness and destruction And th… (PSS)
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