Deu 29:29, Job 11:7-8, 38:4-39:30, 40:2, 42:3, Rom 11:33-34 | ESV | STEP | The secret things belong to the Lord our God , but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever , that we may do all the words of this law .

29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Job 11:7-8

7 ^a“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
8 It is ^bhigher than heaven ^{▼▼Hebrew The heights of heaven}—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 38:4-41

4 “Where were you when I ^dlaid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars ^esang together
and all ^fthe sons of God ^gshouted for joy?
8 “Or who ^hshut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment
and ⁱthick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed ^jlimits for it
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your ^kproud waves be stayed’?
12 “Have you ^lcommanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of ^mthe skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be ⁿshaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their ^olight is withheld,
and ^ptheir uplifted arm is broken.
16 “Have you ^qentered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have ^rthe gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of ^sdeep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
20 that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern ^tthe paths to its home?
21 You know, for ^uyou were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
22 “Have you entered ^vthe storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen ^wthe storehouses of the hail,
23 which I have reserved ^xfor the time of trouble,
^yfor the day of battle and war?
24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and ^za way for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on ^aaa land where no man is,
on ^abthe desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with ^acgrass?
28 “Has ^adthe rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did ^aethe ice come forth,
and who has given birth to ^afthe frost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is ^agfrozen.
31 “Can you bind the chains of ^ahthe Pleiades
or loose the cords of ^aiOrion?
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth ^{▼▼Probably the name of a constellation} in their season,
or can you guide ^akthe Bear with its children?
33 Do you know ^althe ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that ^ama flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has ^anput wisdom in ^aothe inward parts ^{▼▼Or in the ibis}
or given understanding to the mind? ^{▼▼Or rooster}
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
and ^arthe clods stick fast together?
39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or ^assatisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their ^atdens
or lie in wait ^auin their thicket?
41 Who provides for ^avthe raven its prey,
when its young ones cry to God for help,
and wander about for lack of food?

Job 39

1 “Do you know when ^awthe mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe ^axthe calving of the does?
2 Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
3 when they ^aycrouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
4 Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and ^azdo not return to them.
5 “Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has ^baloosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 to whom I have given ^bbthe arid plain for his home
and ^bcthe salt land for his dwelling place?
7 He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
8 He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
9 “Is ^bdthe wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your ^bemanger?
10 Can you bind ^bfhim in the furrow with ropes,
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
and will you leave to him your labor?
12 Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
but are they the pinions and plumage of love? ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
15 forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.
16 She ^bhdeals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her ^bilabor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
17 because God has made her forget wisdom
and ^bjgiven her no share in understanding.
18 When she rouses herself to flee, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19 “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20 Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic ^blsnorting is terrifying.
21 He paws ^{▼▼Hebrew They paw} in the valley and exults in his strength;
he ^bngoes out to meet the weapons.
22 He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
23 Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24 With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at ^bothe sound of the trumpet.
25 When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
and spreads his wings toward the south?
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his ^bpnest on high?
28 On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on ^bqthe rocky crag and stronghold.
29 From there he spies out the prey;
his eyes behold it from far away.
30 His young ones suck up blood,
and ^brwhere the slain are, there is he.”

Job 40:2

2 “Shall a faultfinder ^bscontend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Job 42:3

3 ^bt‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things ^butoo wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Romans 11:33-34

33 Oh, the depth of the riches and ^bvwisdom and knowledge of God! ^bwHow unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

34 “For ^bxwho has known the mind of the Lord,
or ^bywho has been his counselor?”