KJV King James Version
The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 11:9
The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
WEB World English Bible
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
ASV American Standard Version
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Longer than earth is its measure, And broader than the sea.
Surrounding context — Job 11
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]?
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.
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Psalm 139:9-10[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;Psalm 65:5-8[By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:Job 28:24-25For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;
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