Job 11:9
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The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

longer

Job 28:24,25 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven. . . .

Psalm 65:5-8 Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off. . . .

Psalm 139:9,10 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: . . .

Context
Zophar Rebukes Job
8He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know? 9The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.10If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?…
Cross References
Job 11:8
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?

Job 11:10
If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?

Lexicon
Their measure
מִדָּ֑הּ (mid·dāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4055: Extent, height, a measure, a vesture, a carpet

is longer
אֲרֻכָּ֣ה (’ă·ruk·kāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 752: Long

than
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the earth
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and wider
וּ֝רְחָבָ֗ה (ū·rə·ḥā·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7342: Wide, broad

than the sea.
יָֽם׃ (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


Additional Translations
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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

Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

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

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

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Longer than earth is its measure, And broader than the sea.
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