Verse 8

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

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.