Job 11:7,8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

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 heavens, much less of the divine perfections; what canst thou do? Namely, to find him out. Deeper than hell; what canst thou know? Concerning him and his ways, which are far out of thy sight and reach. God is unsearchable. The ages of his eternity cannot be numbered, nor the spaces of his immensity measured; the depths of his wisdom cannot be fathomed, nor the extent of his power bounded: the brightness of his glory can never be described, nor the treasures of his goodness counted. This is a good reason why we should always speak of God with humility and caution, and never prescribe to him, or quarrel with his dispensations; why we should be thankful for what he has revealed of himself, and long to be there where we shall see him as he is.

Job 11:7-8

7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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