Canst thou by searching find out God?

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Canst thou by searching find out God?

In the original Hebrew

הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱלֹ֣והַ תִּמְצָ֑א

Zophar

Job 11:7 · 500 BC

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Incomprehensibility of God Seeking God Seeking God

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Religious literature

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500 BC Classical antiquity

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Zophar

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 11:7).

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