Job 11:9
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 11:9 in other translations
| BSB | Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. |
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| WEB | Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
| ASV | The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. |
| YLT | Longer than earth is its measure, And broader than the sea. |
| DARBY | The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
| BBE | Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea. |
| Webster | The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
What does Job 11:9 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 11:7-12
Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable. Man is a vain creature; empty, so the word is. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise…
Job 11:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 11:9
- Psalms 139:9-10
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
- Job 28:24-25
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
- Psalms 65:5-8
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
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Context
- Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
- Job 11:9
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- Job 11:10
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Job 11:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Su dimensión es más larga que la tierra, y más ancha que la mar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Plus longue que la terre est sa mesure, plus large que la mer. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | länger als die Erde ist ihr Maß und breiter als das Meer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Longior terra mensura ejus, et latior mari. |