Job 11:8
The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
9The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
Job 35:5Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.
Psalms 139:6Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
Proverbs 25:2The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
Isaiah 55:9For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18That ye, being rooted and grounded in loue, may be able to comprehend with al Saints, 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 →