“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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God’s Wisdom is Unfathomable

“Can you search through God’s complex things?
    Can you uncover the limits of the Almighty?
These things are higher than the heavens,
    so what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol,[a]
    so what can you know?
They are longer than the earth’s circumference,[b]
    and broader than the ocean.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 11:8 I.e. the place where the dead are in the afterlife
  2. Job 11:9 Lit. measure