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Job 28:24

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

KJV

Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.

Vulgate

αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ, εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ πάντα

LXX

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

ASV

כִּי ה֭וּא לִ/קְצוֹת הָ/אָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כָּל הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה
h
verb · 70×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
קְצ֥וֹת
qtsvt
noun · 36×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 38:18 — Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
  • Prov 15:3 — The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
  • Ps 33:13 — The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
  • Zech 4:10 — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through