8They are higher than the heavens-what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave -what can you know?


In Context

5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

7 "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

8 They are higher than the heavens-what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave -what can you know?

9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10 "If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

Job 11:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:8He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do ? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know?