Job 11:8

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 148:13

Related Commentaries of 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, wi...
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 ab...
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, lead...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

what. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. hell. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35.
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 perfecti...
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...
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 on...
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...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

It ] God's wisdom.
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?
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 argum...
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 acknowledg...
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....
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? deepe...
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 perfecti...
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...
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...
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 accu...
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?...
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...
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 sin...
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, tu...
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...
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 th...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Tries to Reprove Job
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

It is as high as heaven, literally, "heights of heaven," namely, those are the distances which extend between man's understanding and God's infinity;...

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

Related Commentaries of Job 11:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 11:8