Job 38:18
What does Job 38:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare--if thou hast known it all.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 89:11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
- Jeremiah 31:37
Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
- Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
- Psalms 74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
- Revelation 20:9
And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.
- Job 28:24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
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