King James Version
Job 11:8 in the King James Version says “It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? as high: Heb. the heights of heaven” — study this verse from Job chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? as high: Heb. the heights of heaven”
Job 11:8 · KJV
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? as high: Heb. the heights of heaven
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? cut: or, make a change hinder: Heb. turn him away?
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“as heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“what canst thou do”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“than hell”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“what canst thou know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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