Job 38:18

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:24 : 24 For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.
  • Ps 74:17 : 17 You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.
  • Ps 89:11-12 : 11 The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains. 12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.
  • Jer 31:37 : 37 The LORD says,“I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” says the LORD.
  • Rev 20:9 : 9 They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.

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

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  • Job 38:19-22
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    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!

    22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

  • Job 38:33-38
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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?

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    36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

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  • Job 15:7-9
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    7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

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  • Job 11:7-9
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    7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

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  • Job 37:15-16
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    15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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

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    21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

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

  • Job 38:12-13
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    12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

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  • Job 38:24-25
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