Canst thou by searching find out God?

הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱלֹ֣והַ תִּמְצָ֑א

Job 11:7

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Topic

Incomprehensibility of God Seeking God Seeking God

Speaker

Zophar

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 11:7).

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"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Topic
Death of God Existence of God God Decline of religion

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Parable of the Madman The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 125.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 125.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is the one you love.

Sappho

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Loved ones

Author

Sappho
Medium
Poem
Language
Greek
Time
570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sappho. Supreme Sight on the Black Earth. c. 570 BCE.

Current Citation

Sappho. The Complete Poems of Sappho, edited by Willis Barnstone. Shambhala Publications, 2009.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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Randomness Timing The human condition
Source
Ecclesiastes The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

God

Genesis 9:13

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Rainbows God's covenant Noah's flood
Speaker
God
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 9:13).

Another quote of the following type Question

Do you believe in miracles? Yes!

Al Michaels

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Topic
Sports
Speaker
Al Michaels
Medium
TV broadcast
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Michaels, Al. Spoken at the conclusion of victory by U.S. Olympic ice hockey team. 24 Feb. 1980, Olympic Fieldhouse, Olympic Arena, Lake Placid, NY, USA. ABC television broadcast.