Job 11:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
Key Terms in This Verse
שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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 built!
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