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Job 38:18

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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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  1. Jeremiah 31:37Rank 1 from verse 18
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    37Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

  2. Psalms 89:11–12Rank 2 from verse 18
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    11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

    12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

  3. Revelation 20:9Rank 3 from verse 18
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    9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

  4. Isaiah 40:28Rank 4 from verse 18
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    28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  5. Job 28:24Rank 5 from verse 18
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    24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

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Job 38:18

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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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

COMBINED MEANING

breadth

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Width or extent from side to side. In compounds such as “hand breadth,” “foot breadth,” and “hair breadth,” a width measured by the named object.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

declare

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To make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

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19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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