Job 11:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸These things are higher than the heavens,
    so what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol,^[a]
    so what can you know?
⁹They are longer than the earth’s circumference,^[b]
    and broader than the ocean.

¹⁰“If he bypasses, or imprisons, or convenes a court,^[c]
who can stop^[d] him?

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Footnotes

Job 11:8 I.e. the place where the dead are in the afterlife
Job 11:9 Lit. measure
Job 11:10 The Heb. lacks a court
Job 11:10 Or repel

Job 11:8-10

King James Version

⁸It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

¹⁰If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

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Job 11:8-10

New International Version

⁸They are higher^(A) than the heavens^(B) above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below^(C)—what can you know?^(D)
⁹Their measure^(E) is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.^(F)

¹⁰“If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?^(G)

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Job 11:8-10

New King James Version

⁸They are higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than ^[a]Sheol—what can you know?
⁹Their measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.

¹⁰“If^(A) He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can ^[b]hinder Him?

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Footnotes

Job 11:8 The abode of the dead
Job 11:10 restrain

Job 11:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸It is ^(A)higher than heaven^[a]—what can you do?
    Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
⁹Its measure is longer than the earth
    and broader than the sea.
¹⁰If he ^(B)passes through and ^(C)imprisons
    and summons the court, who can ^(D)turn him back?