But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
Job 11:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than hell; what canst thou know? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven! What can you do? It is deeper than Sheol (the place of the dead)! What can you know? American Standard Version (1901) It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? Common English Bible They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? Deeper than the underworld—what can you know? Catholic Public Domain Version He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? He is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know? |
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Touching the Almighty, we can not find him out; he is excellent in power: And in judgement and plenteous justice he will not afflict.
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Let them praise the name of the LORD; For his name alone is exalted: His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgements are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.