Job 11:7

"that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves."

Key Reflection

In Job 11:7, Elihu suggests that God could reveal to Job the deeper mysteries of wisdom, indicating that true wisdom is multifaceted and profound. However, he also implies that despite Job's perceived righteousness, God's demands are mercifully less than what justice might warrant, highlighting God's graciousness even in the face of wrongdoing.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Canst then, by searching, find out God? -In order to illustrate the sentiment which he had just expressed, that the secrets of divine wisdom must be far above our comprehension, Zophar introduces here this sublime description of God - a description which seems to have the form and force of a proverb. It seems to have been a settled opinion that man could not find out the Almighty to perfection by his own powers - a sentiment, which is as true now, as it was then, and which is of the utmost importance in all our inquiries about the Creator. The sentiment is expressed in a most beautiful manner; and the language itself is not unworthy of the theme.

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