KJV King James Version
[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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Job 11:8
[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
WEB World English Bible
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
ASV American Standard Version
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Heights of the heavens!—what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol!—what knowest thou?
Surrounding context — Job 11
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
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]?
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Job 22:12[Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!Psalm 139:6-8[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.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.Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.Amos 9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:Psalm 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.Job 26:6Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Psalm 103:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.Proverbs 25:2-3[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.Ephesians 3:18-19May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;2 Chronicles 6:18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
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