Job 11:8
Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know?
Literal Standard 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
7Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
9Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, || That they are high.
Job 35:5Behold attentively the heavens—and see, || And behold the clouds, || They have been higher than you.
Psalms 139:6Knowledge too wonderful for me, || It has been set on high, || I am not able for it.
Proverbs 25:2The glory of God [is] to hide a thing, || And the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.
Isaiah 55:9“For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
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 →