Job 35:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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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!
  • 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.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.The Divine Warrior Destroys His Enemies but Protects His People He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
  • Gen 15:5 : 5 The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Job 25:5-6 : 5 If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, 6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”
  • Job 36:26-37:5 : 26 The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable. 27 He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist, 28 which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly. 29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? 30 See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea. 31 It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance. 32 With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target. 33 His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach. 1 At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place. 2 Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth. 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth. 4 After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard. 5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
  • Job 37:16 : 16 Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
  • Job 37:22-23 : 22 From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty. 23 As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
  • Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, 4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?
  • Isa 40:22-23 : 22 He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent. 23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

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    14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

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    6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

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

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • Job 11:8-9
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    8It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?

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    4The LORD is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.

    5Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

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    34It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

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    15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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  • Ps 36:5
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    5O LORD, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

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    4For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

    5Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

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    1A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.

  • Isa 55:9
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    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.

  • Job 10:4-5
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    4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

    5Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

  • Job 37:18
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    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

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    19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

  • Job 14:3
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    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 31:2
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    2What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

  • Hab 1:13
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    13You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

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    22Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

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    5Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

  • Job 35:4
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    4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

  • Job 36:24-25
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    24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

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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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    12Now in this, you are not right– I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

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    21But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

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    5If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

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    29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

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    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

  • Ps 57:10
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    10For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

  • Job 28:24
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    24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

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    13The LORD watches from heaven; he sees all people.

    14From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.

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    15For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

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    5O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

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    14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

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    5He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.