Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

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Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

In the original Hebrew

עֹשֶׂ֥ה גְ֝דֹלֹ֗ות וְלֹ֣א נֵדָֽע׃

Elihu

Job 37:5 · 500 BC

★ 3.9

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Incomprehensibility of God Nature of God God

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Religious literature

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Scripture

Time

500 BC Classical antiquity

Person

Elihu

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 37:5).

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