Job 11:8

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Summary

Job 11:8

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

It is as high as heaven

Isaiah 55:9

Deeper

General references

Ecclesiastes 7:24

1 Corinthians 13:9

Bible References

It is as high as heaven

Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.

The honour of God is to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.

Deeper

Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

General references

Far off is that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;