KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 11:8–9
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Job 11:8
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
8 It is †as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?
- Hebr. the heights of heauen.
Job 11:9
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
9The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 11:8
Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance; as an adverb, greatly or aloft.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Job 11:9
A standard or instrument for determining amount or size; an amount so determined; also to determine, allot, or proportion.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
For a greater length, extent, or duration.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Wider or more extended from side to side.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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Open the full verse study9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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Open the full verse study6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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Open the full verse study2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
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Open the full verse study6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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Open the full verse study5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
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Open the full verse study13Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
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Open the full verse study18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
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Open the full verse study18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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Open the full verse study2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
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Open the full verse study11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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Open the full verse study9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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Open the full verse study24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
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Open the full verse study5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
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