Job 11:8
They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
9Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
Job 35:5Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,
Matthew Henry on Job 11:8-13
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Zophar here speaks very good… Read the whole commentary →