Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 26:14

"Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?" — Job 26:14 (ASV)

These are parts. —Literally, ends—just the merest outskirts. For is heard we may render do we hear; and for the thunder of His power, the thunder of His mighty deeds.

We can only hear the faintest whisper of His glory, and cannot understand or endure the full-toned thunder of His majesty.

Here, then, is Job’s final reply to the arguments of his friends. He shows himself even more conscious than they of the grandeur and holiness of God; but that has in no way rendered his position as a sufferer more intelligible—rather the reverse—nor theirs as defenders of the theory of exact retribution.

He cannot understand and they cannot explain; but while he rejects their explanations, he rests secure in his own faith.