Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
New American Standard Bible
And broader than the sea.
King James Version
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Holman Bible
and wider than the sea.
International Standard Version
They are longer than the earth's circumference, and broader than the ocean.
American Standard Version
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Amplified
“It is longer in measure [and scope] than the earth,
And broader than the sea.
Bible in Basic English
Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
Darby Translation
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Julia Smith Translation
Its measure long above the earth, and broad above the sea.
King James 2000
The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Its measure [is] longer than [the] earth and broader than [the] sea.
Modern King James verseion
The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His length exceedeth the length of the earth, and his breadth the breadth of the sea.
NET Bible
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
New Heart English Bible
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
The Emphasized Bible
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
Webster
The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
World English Bible
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Youngs Literal Translation
Longer than earth is its measure, And broader than the sea.
Themes
the Earth » Ideas of the ancients respecting the form of
Topics
Interlinear
'erets
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Can Do As He Pleases
8 It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know? 9 The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?
Names
Cross References
Job 28:24-25
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
Psalm 65:5-8
By awesome things thou will answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, thou who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are afar off upon the sea,
Psalm 139:9-10
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the outermost parts of the sea,