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Contemporary English Version

Job 28:24

because he sees everything beneath the heavens.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   God Continued...;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Readings, Select;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   God's;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Hiding;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Wisdom of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom literature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Colossians, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Omniscience of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wise, Wisdom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mining and Metals;   Wisdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Winter ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Omniscience;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For he looks to the ends of the earthand sees everything under the heavens.
Hebrew Names Version
For he looks to the ends of the eretz, And sees under the whole sky.
King James Version
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
English Standard Version
For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
New Century Version
because he looks to the farthest parts of the earth and sees everything under the sky.
New English Translation
For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.
Amplified Bible
"For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens.
New American Standard Bible
"For He looks to the ends of the earth; He sees everything under the heavens.
World English Bible
For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
Legacy Standard Bible
For He looks to the ends of the earthAnd sees everything under the heavens.
Berean Standard Bible
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Complete Jewish Bible
For he can see to the ends of the earth and view everything under heaven.
Darby Translation
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version
He can see to the very ends of the earth. He sees everything under the sky.
George Lamsa Translation
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
Good News Translation
Because he sees the ends of the earth, Sees everything under the sky.
Lexham English Bible
for he himself looks to the end of the earth; he sees under all the heaven.
Literal Translation
For He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under all the heavens;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaue.
American Standard Version
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
Bible in Basic English
For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
King James Version (1611)
For hee looketh to the endes of the earth, and seeth vnder the whole heauen:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For he surveys the whole earth under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:
English Revised Version
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he biholdith the endis of the world, and biholdith alle thingis that ben vndur heuene.
Update Bible Version
For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole heaven;
Webster's Bible Translation
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;
New King James Version
For He looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole heavens,
New Living Translation
for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens.
New Life Bible
For He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
New Revised Standard
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, he, unto the ends of the earth, directeth his look, under all the heavens, he seeth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
Revised Standard Version
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
Young's Literal Translation
For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens.

Contextual Overview

20 Where then is wisdom? 21 It is hidden from human eyes and even from birds. 22 Death and destruction have merely heard rumors about where it is found. 23 God is the only one who knows the way to wisdom, 24 because he sees everything beneath the heavens. 25 When God divided out the wind and the water, 26 and when he decided the path for rain and lightning, 27 he also determined the truth and defined wisdom. 28 God told us, "Wisdom means that you respect me, the Lord, and turn from sin."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Chronicles 16:9, Proverbs 15:3, Zechariah 4:10, Revelation 5:6

Reciprocal: Job 11:9 - longer Job 37:15 - Dost Psalms 33:13 - looketh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he looketh to the ends of the earth,.... In this and some following verses, reasons and are given, which abundantly show that God must know the way and place of wisdom; since all the parts and places of the earth, even to the ends of it, are seen by him, and all creatures and things in it; nor is there anything in heaven, earth, and hell, that is hid from him; and therefore if there is a way to it, or a place for it, he must needs know it; where its direction is, or where it steers its course, and takes up its abode

[and] seeth under the whole heaven; the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, the inhabitants of the world, and all that is done in it; everything falls under the eye of his omniscience, and under the notice of his providence, which extends to all creatures and things throughout the whole earth, and under the compass of the heavens; and since all places and persons are obvious to his view, and all subject to his all wise and disposing providence, and are ordered, directed, and governed, according to his sovereign will and pleasure; the path of wisdom, and the place of understanding, he must be acquainted with; and particularly his all seeing eye, and all powerful providence, are concerned in the following things, and in which there are wonderful proofs of his knowledge and wisdom.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he looketh to the ends of the earth - That is, God sees and knows everything. He looks upon the whole universe. Man sees objects dimly; he sees but a few, and he little understands the bearing of one thing or another.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 28:24. For he looketh to the ends of the earth — His knowledge is unlimited, and his power infinite.


 
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