Devine Scripture

Job 11:8

Job chapter 11 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

Context

v.7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

v.8This passage

v.9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 25:2

    It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

  • Job 35:5

    Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

  • Psalms 148:13

    Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

  • Amos 9:2

    Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:18

    But 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 builded!

  • Job 26:6

    Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.