Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
KJV
Excelsior cælo est, et quid facies ? profundior inferno, et unde cognosces ?
Vulgate
ὑψηλὸς ὁ οὐρανός, καὶ τί ποιήσεις; βαθύτερα δὲ τῶν ἐν ᾅδου· τί οἶδας;
LXX
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
ASV
גָּבְהֵ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם מַה תִּפְעָ֑ל עֲמֻקָּ֥ה מִ֝/שְּׁא֗וֹל מַה תֵּדָֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 17×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עָמֹ֖ק
'mq
adjective · 17×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is God a body? Is He composed of matter and form? Is there composition of quiddity, essence or nature, and subject in Him? Is He composed of essence and existence? Is He composed of genus and difference? Is He composed of subject and accident? Is He in any way composite, or wholly simple? Does He enter into composition with other things? Article 1. Whether God is a body? Object…
Cross-references
- Amos 9:2 — Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- Isa 55:9 — For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- Job 35:5 — Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Ps 16:10 — For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Ps 139:6 — Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- Ps 148:13 — Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.