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Job 11:8

He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know?

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In The King James Version

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

In Context

7By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?

9His measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

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Cross References

Job 22:12Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?

Job 35:5Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

Psalms 139:6The arrogant have hidden a snare for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare. They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.

Proverbs 25:2It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech.

Isaiah 55:9For just as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so also are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Ephesians 3:18So may you be able to embrace, with all the saints, what is the width and length and height and depth

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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