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Job 11:9
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Their measure is longer than the earthand wider than the sea.
The measure of it is longer than the eretz, And broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
His limits are longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
"It is longer in measure [and scope] than the earth, And broader than the sea.
"Its measurement is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
The measure of it is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
Its measure is longer than the earthAnd broader than the sea.
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Their extent is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
It is greater than the earth and bigger than the seas.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
God's greatness is broader than the earth, wider than the sea.
Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
Its measure is longer than the earth, broader than the sea.
His length exceadeth the length of the earth, and his bredth ye bredth of the see.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea.
The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then 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.
His mesure is lengere than erthe, and brodere than the see.
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.
Their measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
It is broader than the earth and wider than the sea.
They are longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
The measure of him 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.
"Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
longer: Job 28:24, Job 28:25, Psalms 65:5-8, Psalms 139:9, Psalms 139:10
Reciprocal: Job 38:5 - laid
Cross-References
At first everyone spoke the same language,
When Shelah was thirty, he had a son named Eber.
Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they decided to settle there instead.
Terah lived to be two hundred five years old and died in Haran.
From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.
Suppose everyone in your worship service started speaking unknown languages, and some outsiders or some unbelievers come in. Won't they think you are crazy?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Length is generally ascribed to the earth, and width to the sea; the ends of the earth are used for a great distance, and the sea is called the great and wide sea; see k Psalms 72:1; but God and his perfections, particularly his wisdom and understanding, are infinite, Psalms 147:5; and will admit of no dimensions; as his love, so his wisdom, has an height which cannot be reached, a depth that cannot be fathomed, and a length and breadth immeasurable; see Ephesians 3:18; from hence it appears that God is omniscient, omnipresent, and incomprehensible; and since he is to be found in Christ, and in him only, it is in vain for us to seek for him elsewhere: next the sovereignty of God is discoursed of.
k "Quid oceano longius inveriri potest", Cicero. Orat. 36.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The measure thereof is longer than the earth - The measure of the knowledge of God. The extent of the earth would be one of the longest measures known to the ancients. Yet it is now impossible to ascertain what ideas were attached, in the time of Job, to the extent of the earth - and it is not necessary to know this in order to understand this expression. It is morally certain that the prevailing ideas were very limited, and that a small part of the earth was then known. The general belief seems to have been, that it was a vast plain, surrounded by water - but how supported, and what were its limits, were evidently matters to them unknown. The earliest knowledge which we have of geography, as understood by the Arabs, represents the earth as wholly encompassed by an ocean, like a zone. This was usually characterized as a “Sea of Darkness;” an appellation usually given to the Atlantic; while to the Northern Sea was given the name of “The Sea of Pitchy Darkness.” Edrisi imagined the land to be floating in the sea, and only part appearing above, like an egg in a basin of water. If these views prevailed so late as the tenth and eleventh centuries of the Christian era, it is reasonable to conclude that the views of the figure and size of the earth must have been extremely limited in the time of Job. On the ancient views of geography, see the notes at Job 26:7-10, and the maps there, also Murray’s Encyclopaedia of Geography, Book I, and Eschenberg’s Manual of Classical Literature, by Prof. Fiske, Part I.
And broader than the sea - What was the idea of the breadth of the sea, which was supposed to surround the earth, it is now wholly impossible to determine. Probably there were no ideas on the subject that could be regarded as settled and definite. The ancients had no means of ascertaining this, and they perhaps supposed that the ocean extended to an unlimited extent - or, perhaps, to the far distant place where the sky and the water appeared to meet. At all events it was an illustration then, as it is now, of a vast distance, and is not inappropriately used here to denote the impossibility of fully understanding God. This illustration would be far more striking then than now. We have crossed the ocean; and we do not deem it an impracticable thing to explore the remotest seas. But not so the ancients. They kept close to the shore. They seldom ventured out of sight of land. The enterprise of exploring and crossing the vast ocean, which they supposed encompassed the globe, was regarded by them as wholly impracticable - and equally so they correctly supposed it was to find out God.
