Job 11:8
The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do? 1 It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 understand God by searching for him? 1 Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly? 1
9Its measure is longer than the earth, 1 and wider than the sea. 1
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the heights of heaven? 1 Look at the height of the stars, how high they are! 1
Job 35:5Look up at the sky, and see it; 1 see the sky, which is higher than you. 1
Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too much for me; 1 it is too high, and I cannot reach it. 1
Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, 1 but the glory of kings to search it out. 1
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. 1
Ephesians 3:18May you have strength so you can understand, along with all the believers, what is the width, the length, the height, and the depth,
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 →