5 Who could measure the strength of his majesty? Who could also proclaim his mercies? (WEB) 6 As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them, neither is it possible to explore them. (WEB) 7 When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed. (WEB)
Sirach 18:5–7
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19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them. (WEB) 20 No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways? (WEB) 21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden. (WEB)
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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,
Odes of Solomon 26:10–12
10 Or who can rest on the Most High, so that with His mouth he may speak? (ODE) 11 Who is able to interpret the wonders of the Lord? (ODE) 12 For he who could interpret would be dissolved and would become that which is interpreted. (ODE)
2 Baruch 14:8–10
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Ecclesiastes 7:23–25
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2 Baruch 54:11–13
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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.
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