Job 11:8

Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? 1 And there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

In Context

7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? 1 Or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? 1

9Or longer than the measure of the earth, 1 Or the breadth of the sea. 1

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Cross References

Job 22:12Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? 1 And has he not brought down the proud? 1

Job 35:5Look up to the sky and see; 1 And consider the clouds, how high they are above thee. 1

Psalms 139:6The proud have hidden a snare for me, 1 And have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; 1 They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause. 1

Proverbs 25:2The glory of God conceals a matter: 1 But the glory of a king honors business. 1

Isaiah 55:9But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

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 →

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