Job 26:14
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Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

Job 4:12
Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper.

Job 36:29
If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

Job 37:4
After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.

Job 37:5
God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things.

Job 42:5
With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.

Habakkuk 3:4
His brightness shall be as the light: horns are in his hands: There is his strength hid:

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Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

how little

Job 11:7-9 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly? . . .

Psalm 139:6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

Psalm 145:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

Isaiah 40:26-29 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing. . . .

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

1 Corinthians 13:9-12 For we know in part: and we prophesy in part. . . .

the thunder

Job 40:9 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

1 Samuel 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens: The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.

Psalm 29:3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

Context
Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?
13His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent. 14Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
Lexicon
Indeed,
הֶן־ (hen-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

these [are]
אֵ֤לֶּה ׀ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

but the fringes
קְצ֬וֹת (qə·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7098: A termination

of His ways;
דְּרָכָ֗יו (də·rā·ḵāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

how
וּמַה־ (ū·mah-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

faint
שֵּׁ֣מֶץ (šê·meṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8102: An inkling

is the whisper
דָּ֭בָר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

we hear
נִשְׁמַע־ (niš·ma‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

of Him!
בּ֑וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Who then
מִ֣י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can understand
יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ (yiṯ·bō·w·nān)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 995: To separate mentally, understand

the thunder
וְרַ֥עַם (wə·ra·‘am)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7482: A peal of thunder

of His power?”
גְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יו‪‬ (gə·ḇū·rō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1369: Force, valor, victory


Additional Translations
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?”See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ it?

Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: and how small a whisper do we hear of him! but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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?

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?"

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
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