“Can you fathom(A) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(B) than the heavens(C) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(D)—what can you know?(E)
Their measure(F) is longer than the earth
    and wider than the sea.(G)

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(A)Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
They are as (B)high as [a]the heavens; what can you do?
Deeper than [b](C)Sheol; what can you know?
Its measurement is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:8 Lit the heights of heaven
  2. Job 11:8 I.e., the netherworld

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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Can you understand the mysteries
    surrounding God All-Powerful?
They are higher than the heavens
    and deeper than the grave.
So what can you do
    when you know so little,
and these mysteries outreach
    the earth and the ocean?

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