Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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!

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 -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. 12 Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. 13 And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Cross References

Job 11:8

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

Psalm 8:3-4

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

Psalm 115:3

And our God is in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens -- the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said Jehovah: The heavens are My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where is this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where is this -- the place -- My rest?

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