Job 11:8
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
7Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
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 →