Verse 8
Job 11:8
Darby Translation
8
[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Original Language Text
hebrew
גָּבְהֵ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם מַה תִּפְעָ֑ל עֲמֻקָּ֥ה מִ֝/שְּׁא֗וֹל מַה תֵּדָֽע
English Translation
The heights of heaven, what will you do? The depths of the grave, what will you know?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
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And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
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Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] asham...
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For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
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But oh that God (Elohim) would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised;...
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Canst thou by searching find out God (Elohim)? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
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[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
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The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
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For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
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Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
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If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
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If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
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Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
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For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
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And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as...
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And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou...
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Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.
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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shal...
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