Psalms 139:6

139:6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;

it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. ¹ 

Job 42:3

42:3 you asked, ² 

‘Who is this who darkens counsel

without knowledge?’

But ³  I have declared without understanding ⁴ 

things too wonderful for me to know. ⁵ 

Romans 11:33

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

[139:6]  ¹ tn Heb “too amazing [is this] knowledge for me, it is elevated, I cannot attain to it.”

[42:3]  ² tn The expression “you asked” is added here to clarify the presence of the line to follow. Many commentators delete it as a gloss from Job 38:2. If it is retained, then Job has to be recalling God’s question before he answers it.

[42:3]  ³ tn The word לָכֵן (lakhen) is simply “but,” as in Job 31:37.

[42:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I do not understand.” The expression serves here in an adverbial capacity. It also could be subordinated as a complement: “I have declared [things that] I do not understand.”

[42:3]  ⁵ tn The last clause is “and I do not know.” This is also subordinated to become a dependent clause.