Job 11:8
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Job 35:5Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
Psalms 139:6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain 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 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and 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 →