Job 11:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:24-25 : 24 For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven. 25 When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;
  • Ps 65:5-8 : 5 You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea; 6 The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power: 7 Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves. 8 Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.
  • Ps 139:9-9 : 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; 10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

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    4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

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    18 Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

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    10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

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    16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

  • Job 28:24-25
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    24 For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

    25 When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

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    14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

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    29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

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    9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

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    12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

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