11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
Job 9:11
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Epistle to Diognetus 8:4–6
4 Nay, all this is the quackery and deceit of the magicians; (DIO) 5 and no man has either seen or recognised Him, but He revealed Himself. (DIO) 6 And He revealed (Himself) by faith, whereby alone it is given to see God. (DIO)
Job 23:7–9
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge. 8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. 9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
Job 9:15–17
15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. 16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice. 17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Job 35:13–15
13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it. 14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him, 15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken…
Job 7:7–9
7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness. 8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. 9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Apocryphon of John 3:8–10
8 He is [limitless], given that no one exists [before him] who could place limits on him. (APJ) 9 He is unfathomable, [given that there] exists before him no one who could [fathom him]. (APJ) 10 [He is] beyond measuring, given that no one [existed before him who could measure] hi… (APJ)
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 42:19–21
19 He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be, and reveals the traces of hidden things. (WEB) 20 No thought escapes him. There is not a word hidden from him. (WEB) 21 He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom. He is from everlasting to everlasting. Nothin… (WEB)
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