Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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!

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 you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you." 12 "Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are! 13 You've asked, "What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?'


Cross References

Job 11:8

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

Psalm 8:3-4

When I look at the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you established

Psalm 115:3

when our God is in the heavens and he does whatever he desires?

Psalm 115:16

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but he gave the earth to human beings.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.

Isaiah 57:15

"For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house that you would build for me, and where will my resting place be?

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