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Job 11:9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

KJV

Longior terra mensura ejus, et latior mari.

Vulgate

ἢ μακρότερα μέτρου γῆς ἢ εὔρους θαλάσσης.

LXX

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

ASV

אֲרֻכָּ֣ה מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִדָּ֑/הּ וּ֝/רְחָבָ֗ה מִנִּי יָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרֻכָּ֣ה
'rkh
adjective · 3×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ו
v
noun · 11×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
רַחֲבַ֣ת
rchbt
adjective · 21×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 38:5 — Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
  • Ps 139:9 — If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;