Job 11:8
Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
9Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Job 35:5Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Psalms 139:6Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
Proverbs 25:2The honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.
Isaiah 55:9For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
Ephesians 3:18that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the 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 →