Job 26:14
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Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
In other translations
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Hebrew words
הֶן־hen-there!H2005אֵלֶּה׀'elehtheseH428קְצוֹתketzot[are] [the] ends ofH7098דְּרָכָיוdarkovways hisH1870וּמַה־umah-and what!H4100שֵּׁמֶץshemetza whisper ofH8102דָּבָרdavora wordH1697נִשְׁמַע־nishma'-we hearH8085בּוֹboin itוְרַעַםvera'amand [the] thunder ofH7482גְּבוּרוֹתָיוgevuratovmighty deeds hisH1369מִיmiwho?H4310יִתְבּוֹנָן׃ סyitbonanwill he understandH995
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