Job 11:9
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
- KJV
- The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- WEB
- Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- ASV
- The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
- DARBY
- The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- BLB
- Longer than the earth [is] its measure, and wider than the sea.
- ÅB
- Lengere enn jorden er dens mål og bredere enn havet.
- OTB
- Deres omfang er lengre enn jorden
og bredere enn havet. - B1930
- Lengere enn jorden er dens mål og bredere enn havet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 139:9–10
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Read in contextJob 28:24–25
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Read in contextPsalms 65:5–8
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
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