Job 11:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:12 : 12 “Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!
  • Job 26:6 : 6 The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.
  • Job 35:5 : 5 Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
  • Isa 55:9 : 9 “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
  • Amos 9:2 : 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled up to all the fullness of God.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
  • Ps 139:6-8 : 6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. 7 Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? 8 If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
  • Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.
  • Prov 25:2-3 : 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter. 3 As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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    6and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom– for true wisdom has two sides– so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

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    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

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    24Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

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    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

    17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

    18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

    20that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

    21You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great!

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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

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    5Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

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    11They say,“How does God know what we do? Is the Most High aware of what goes on?”

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    6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.

    7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?

    8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

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    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

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    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

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    3As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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    22Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?

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    4Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!

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    16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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    20God Alone Has Wisdom“But wisdom– where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

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    10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

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    2What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

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    5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

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    37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

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    26The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

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    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

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    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

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    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

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    2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

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    5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate!

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    11who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

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    14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”

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    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?