Job 11:9
Good News Translation
God's greatness is broader than the earth, wider than the sea.

New Revised Standard Version
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Contemporary English Version
and these mysteries outreach the earth and the ocean?

New American Bible
It is longer than the earth in measure, and broader than the sea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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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?

Job 11:8
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