Job 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It is as highb as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? ”

Job 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is as high as heaven - That is, the knowledge of God; or the subject is as high as heaven. The idea is, that man is incompetent to examine, with accuracy, an object that is as far off as the h...
Job 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? (d) deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (d) That is, this perfection of God, and if man is not able to comprehend the height of the heavens, the de...
Job 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Speech of Zophar. Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, leads to the worst conclusions as to God's nature. Wha...
Job 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

what. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. hell. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35.
Job 11:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 462 THE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF GOD Job 11:7-12 . Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? d...
Job 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? It is as high as heaven - High as the heavens, what canst thou work? Deep below sheol, (the invisible world), wh...
Job 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It is as high as heaven— The universe was divided by the ancient Hebrews into the upper and the lower, the visible and invisible hemisphere; the one they call שׁמים shamaiim, or heaven; the oth...
Job 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? It is as high as heaven - the "wisdom" of God ( Job 11:6 ). The abruptness of the Hebrew is forcible: 'The...
Job 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Zophar The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.
Job 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is as high as heaven. — Literally, The heights of heaven; what canst thou do? it is deeper than the grave; what canst thou know?
Job 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT Job 11:1-20 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argument somewhat in the same strain as the others. Wit...
Job 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Canst Thou by Searching Find out God?” Job 11:1-20 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledge the guilt which his friends attribute to him. Th...
Job 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad. Indeed, there was a roughness and directness abou...
Job 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? (8) It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (9) The measure...
Job 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do ?.... Or, "is higher than the heavens" i; either the wisdom of God and the secrets of it; the perfection of his wisdom, by which he has made the heavens...
Job 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 11:8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? Ver. 8. It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? ] And much higher; it is as the highnesses of...
Job 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Canst thou by searching find out God? That is, discover all the depths of his wisdom, and the reasons of all his actions. It is as high as heaven Thou canst not measure the heights of the visible...
Job 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ZOPHAR'S CRUEL ACCUSATION (vv.1-6) Zophar was likely the youngest of the three men, and what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in bitter accusation against Job. He did not have such restraint...
Job 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The me...
Job 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou canst not measure the heights of the visible heavens, much less of the Divine perfections. What canst thou do, to wit, to find him out? What canst thou know, concerning him and his ways, whi...
Job 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sins—he acts the part, not of a comforter, but of a r...
Job 11:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 11:7-8 Zophar's question made Job burn with passion. Over three Chapter s, in alternate hope and despair, but always with fierce intensity, turning and returning his thoughts, but always reass...
Job 11:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did not speak wisely, and their argument was not altogether sound; but...
Job 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:3 . Thy lies; that is, thy device, as in the margin; jactantias tuas, thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate thy sins: He does not mean gross lies and untruths,...
Job 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 11:1-18 Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and delivers an angry and violent s...
Job 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Tries to Reprove Job
Job 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 6:18 ; Amos 9:2 ; Ephesians 3:18 ; Ephesians 3:19 ; Isaiah 55:9 ; Job 22:12 ; Job 26:6 ; Job 35:5 ; Proverbs 25:2 ; Proverbs 25:3 ; Psalms 103:11 ; Psalms 139:6-8 ; Psalms 1...

Job 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 11:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 11:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 11:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge