Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
It is †as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. the heights of heauen.
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- Isaiah 55:9Rank 2 from verse 8
- Psalms 139:6–8Rank 3 from verse 8
6Such 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.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderfull for me: it is high, I cannot attaine vnto it.
7Whither shall I goe from thy spirit? or whither shall I flie from thy presence?
8*If I ascend vp into heauen, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
- Psalms 148:13Rank 7 from verse 8
- 2 Chronicles 6:18Rank 8 from verse 8
18But 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!
18(But wil God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? *Behold, heauen, and the heauen of heauens cannot conteine thee: how much lesse this house which I haue built?)
- Ephesians 3:18–19Rank 9 from verse 8
18May 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.
18May be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height:
19And to know the loue of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that yee might bee filled with all the fulnesse of God.
- Proverbs 25:2–3Rank 10 from verse 8
2It 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.
2 It is the glory of God to conceale a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.
3†The heauen for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of Kings is vnsearchable.
- Psalms 103:11Rank 11 from verse 8
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Job 11:8
Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
At a greater depth; farther beneath the surface; more profound or difficult to understand.
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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?
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?
Selected passage9The 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.