Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than hell, what can you know?

New American Standard Bible

“They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

International Standard Version

These things are higher than the heavens, so what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol, so what can you know?

A Conservative Version

It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?

American Standard Version

It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

Amplified


“His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?

Bible in Basic English

They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

Darby Translation

It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

Julia Smith Translation

The heavens being high, what wilt thou do? Hades being deep, what wilt thou know?

King James 2000

It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He is higher than heaven; what wilt thou do? Deeper than hell; how wilt thou then know him?

NET Bible

It is higher than the heavens -- what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol -- what can you know?

New Heart English Bible

They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

The Emphasized Bible

The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know?

Webster

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

World English Bible

They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

Youngs Literal Translation

Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
It is as high
גּבהּ 
Gobahh 
Usage: 17

as heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

what canst thou do
פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

עמק 
`amoq 
Usage: 17

שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

God Can Do As He Pleases

7 Can you by searching find out God? Can you perfectly find out the Almighty? 8 Heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than hell, what can you know? 9 The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Cross References

Job 22:12

Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.

Job 26:6

Hell is naked before Him, and the Pit has no covering.

Job 35:5

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds; they are higher than you.

2 Chronicles 6:18

But truly will God in deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, Heavens and heaven of the heavens cannot contain You! How much less this house which I have built?

Psalm 103:11

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is His mercy toward those who fear Him.

Psalm 139:6-8

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot go up to it.

Psalm 148:13

let them praise the name of Jehovah; for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heavens.

Proverbs 25:2-3

The glory of God is to hide a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Amos 9:2

If they dig into hell, there My hand shall take them. And if they go up to the heavens, I will bring them down from there.

Ephesians 3:18-19

may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height,

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