Job 28:24
For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
In Context
23God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
25Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.
Psalms 33:13The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.
Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.
Revelation 5:6And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into 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 →