Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'canst' occurs 68 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'canst' in the standard works and contain 33.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Job 38:31-35 (6 in 5 verses)

Job 11:7-8 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 19:39-41 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)


Job 39:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

 39:2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?




Job 41:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 40 0 40
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Job 21 0 21
Prov. 3 0 3
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 0 2
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 11 0 11
BM 10 0 10
DC 4 0 4
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 68 0 68

Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

Job 22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 33:5
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Job 39:1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Job 39:2
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Job 39:10
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Job 39:20
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Job 41:2
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Job 41:7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Job 42:2
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.