Job 11:8
It is greater than the heavens—what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol —what can you know?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
7Can you find out the mysteries of God? Can you discover all the wisdom of the Almighty?
9It extends farther than the earth, and wider than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Doesn't God live high in heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
Job 35:5Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Psalms 139:6This amazing knowledge you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!
Proverbs 25:2God's greatness is in doing things that can't be known, while the greatness of kings is in revealing things.
Isaiah 55:9In the same way the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18you may have the power to comprehend with all God's people the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ's love.
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 →