Job 28:24
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
In Context
23God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof.
25To make the weight for the winds; and he weights the waters by measure.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly: therefore from henceforth you shall have wars.
Psalms 33:13The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.
Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Revelation 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits (o. pneuma) of God sent forth into all the earth.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:21-28
The Wisdom Hidden from Man; The Wisdom Revealed to Man. ( b. c. 1520.) 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the… Read the whole commentary →