Job 35:5
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
KJV
Suspice cælum, et intuere : et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
Vulgate
ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἴδε, κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ.
LXX
Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
ASV
הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּ/רְאֵ֑ה וְ/שׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽ/ךָּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גָּבַ֤הּ
gbh
verb · 34×
ה
h
verb · 70×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 16×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
- 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 11:8 — It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
- Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Nah 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Prov 14:21 — He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.