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If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
    for true wisdom is not a simple matter.
Listen! God is doubtless punishing you
    far less than you deserve!

“Can you solve the mysteries of God?
    Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
Such knowledge is higher than the heavens—
    and who are you?
It is deeper than the underworld[a]
    what do you know?

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 Hebrew than Sheol.

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(A)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(B)

“Can you fathom(C) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(D) than the heavens(E) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(F)—what can you know?(G)

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