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

Bible Comments

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), what canst thou know? Long beyond the earth, and broad beyond the sea, is its measure. These are instances in the immensity of created things, and all out of the reach of human power and knowledge; and if these things are so, how incomprehensible must he be, who designed, created, preserves, and governs the whole!

We find the same thought in Milton: -

"These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!

Almighty! Thine this universal frame:

How wondrous fair! Thyself how wondrous then!"

Job 11:8

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