Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

King James Version

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Holman Bible

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

International Standard Version

"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!

A Conservative Version

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

American Standard Version

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Amplified


“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!

Bible in Basic English

Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

Darby Translation

Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

Julia Smith Translation

Is not God high in the heavens? and see the head of the stars for they were lifted up.

King James 2000

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Lexham Expanded Bible

"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,

NET Bible

"Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

New Heart English Bible

"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.

The Emphasized Bible

Is not, GOD, in the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.

Webster

Is not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!

World English Bible

"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Is not God
אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

in the height
גּבהּ 
Gobahh 
Usage: 17

of heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and behold
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the height
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

of the stars
כּוכב 
Kowkab 
Usage: 37

רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 189

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

11 or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12 “Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!
13 But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?

Cross References

Job 11:8

It is higher than heaven--what can you do? Deeper than Sheol--what can you know?

Psalm 8:3-4

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

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