OLD TESTAMENT

Job 26:14

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Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

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Verse 14. Drop. This comparison is often applied to speech. Deuteronomy 32:2. Isaiah 55:10. If the little that we know of God’s works give us such an exalted idea of his greatness, what should we think if we could fully comprehend his mysteries? Calmet.

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