Job 11:8
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do ? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
7Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
9The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
Job 35:5Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
Psalms 139:6For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off.
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.
Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, 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 →