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Job 28:24

For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

In Context

23God understands its way, and he knows its location.

25He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”

Psalms 33:13Which is the man who wills life, who chooses to see good days?

Proverbs 15:3In every place, the eyes of the Lord consider good and evil.

Revelation 5:6And I saw, and behold, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb was standing, as if it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent forth to all the earth.

Matthew Henry on Job 28:21-28

The Wisdom Hidden from Man; The Wisdom Revealed to Man. ( b. c. 1520.) 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the… Read the whole commentary →

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