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,
Job 36:25–27
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Sirach 39:19–21
19 The works of all flesh are before him. It’s impossible to be hidden from his eyes. (WEB) 20 He sees from everlasting to everlasting. There is nothing too wonderful for him. (WEB) 21 No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses. (WEB)
Job 9:9–11
9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south. 10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number. 11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
Job 5:8–10
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him— 9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
Job 28:23–25
23 But God understands its way, and He knows its place. 24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. 25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
Sirach 43:11–13
11 Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it. It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness. (WEB) 12 It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out. (WEB) 13 By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lig… (WEB)
Sirach 17:31–32
31 What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed. So flesh and blood devise evil. (WEB) 32 He looks upon the power of the height of heaven, while all men are earth and ashes. (WEB)
Job 22:13–15
13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? 14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’ 15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
Sirach 43:4–6
4 A man tending a furnace is in burning heat, but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains, breathing out fiery vapors, and sending out bright beams, it blinds the eyes. (WEB) 5 Great is the Lord who made it. At his word, he hastens on its course. (WEB) 6 The moon mark… (WEB)
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