1,335 verses contain “Can” (in the KJV: 773, in the BSB: 1,043) — showing 501–600
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And thou sayest, How
doth God know?
can he judge through the dark cloud?
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what
can the
Almighty do for them?
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What
can the
Almighty do to us?’
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
On the left hand, where he
doth work, but I
cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I
cannot see him:
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
But He is unchangeable, and who
can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
And if it be not so now, who will make me a
liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
If this is not so, then who
can prove me a
liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom
doth not his light arise?
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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?”
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
It
cannot be
gotten for gold, neither shall silver be
weighed for the price thereof.
It
cannot be bought with gold, nor
can its price be
weighed out in silver.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
The
topaz of
Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Topaz from
Cush cannot compare to it, nor
can it be valued in pure gold.
When his
candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
when His lamp
shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not
endure.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones
protrude.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
But when He remains silent, who
can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who
can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Because there is wrath,
beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great
ransom cannot deliver thee.
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large
bribe lead you
astray.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
Who hath
enjoined him his way? or who
can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we
cannot comprehend.
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
molten looking glass?
can you, like Him, spread out the
skies to
reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Now no one
can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the
skies after the wind has swept them clean.
Touching the
Almighty, we
cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in
plenty of justice: he will not
afflict.
The
Almighty is beyond our reach; He is
exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not
oppress.
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of
Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or
canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Can you send the
lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who
can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Can you
hunt the prey for a
lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or
canst thou mark when the hinds do
calve?
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the
doe bear her
fawn?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Can you count the months they are
pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Canst thou bind the
unicorn with his band in the
furrow? or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or
wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Can you
rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy
barn?
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your
threshing floor?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the
ostrich?
Canst thou make him afraid as a
grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and
rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the
trumpet.
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he
cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
Behold, I am
vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Hast thou an arm like God? or
canst thou
thunder with a voice like him?
Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you
thunder with a voice like His?
Then will I also
confess unto thee that thine own right hand
can save thee.
Then I will
confess to you that your own right hand
can save you.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Though the river rages,
Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Canst thou draw out
leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
“
Can you pull in
Leviathan with a hook or
tie down his tongue with a rope?
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a
thorn?
Can you put a cord through his nose or
pierce his jaw with a hook?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or
wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Can you
pet him like a bird or put him on a
leash for your maidens?
Canst thou fill his skin with
barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
I will not
conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
Who
can discover the face of his garment? or who
can come to him with his double
bridle?
Who
can strip off his outer coat? Who
can approach him with a
bridle?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Who
can open his jaws, ringed by his
fearsome teeth?
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they
cannot be
sundered.
They are joined to one another; they
clasp and
cannot be separated.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
The folds of his flesh are
tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the
spear or
dart or
arrow.
I know that thou
canst do every thing, and that no thought
can be
withholden from thee.
“I know that You
can do all things and that no plan of Yours
can be
thwarted.
There be many that say, Who will
shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Many ask, “Who
can show us the good?”
Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
The
foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
The
boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You
hate all workers of iniquity.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open
sepulchre; they
flatter with their tongue.
For not a word they speak
can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice
deceit.
For in death there is no
remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee
thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; who
can praise You from
Sheol?
In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
In the LORD I take refuge. How then
can you say to me: “
Flee like a bird to your mountain!
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
He made darkness his secret place; his
pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the
skies.
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a
canopy around Him.
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
For by thee I have run through a
troop; and by my God have I
leaped over a wall.
For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Who
can understand his errors?
cleanse thou me from secret faults.
I may tell all my bones: they look and
stare upon me.
I
can count all my bones; they
stare and
gloat over me.
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will
kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none
can compare to You— if I
proclaim and declare them, they are more than I
can count.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine
iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
For evils without number
surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I
cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
None of them
can by any means
redeem his brother, nor give to God a
ransom for him:
No man
can possibly
redeem his brother or pay his
ransom to God.
(For the
redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
For the
redemption of his soul is costly, and never
can payment suffice,
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
But a man,
despite his wealth,
cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Before your pots
can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a
whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Before your pots
can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will
sweep them away.
Behold, they
belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they,
doth hear?
See what they
spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who
can hear us?”
Let their eyes be
darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to
shake.
May their eyes be
darkened so they
cannot see, and their backs be bent
forever.
Be thou my strong
habitation,
whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
My mouth shall
shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
And they say, How
doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”