Verse List for JOB 11:8

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OET (OET-RV) What can you do to the height of the sky? ⇔ What do you know that’s deeper than the grave?

OET-LV the_heights _of the_heavens what will _you _do deep more_than _Shəʼōl what will _you _know.

ULT The height of the heavens! What will you do? ⇔  Deeper than Sheol! What will you know?

UST God’s wisdom is so much greater than ours, ⇔  it is as if it is higher than the sky. ⇔  So there is nothing you can do to understand it all. ⇔ It is as if God’s wisdom is deeper below the earth ⇔  than the place where dead people go. ⇔  So it is impossible for you to know it all.

BSB & MSB They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? ⇔  They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB They are high as heaven. What can you do? ⇔  They are deeper than Sheol.[fn] What can you know?

NET It is higher than the heavens – what can you do? ⇔ It is deeper than Sheol – what can you know?

LSV Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know?

FBV It is greater than the heavens—what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol[fn]—what can you know?

T4T What there is to know about God is greater than the distance from earth to heaven; ⇔  so there is no way [RHQ] that you can understand it all. ⇔ It is greater than the distance from here to the place of the dead; ⇔  so it is impossible for you [RHQ] to know it all.

LEB • It is higher than the heaven ;[fn] what can you do?
• It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

BBE They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

Moff Higher it is than heaven--how can you match it? ⇔  deeper than death--how can you measure it?

JPS It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?

ASV It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? ⇔ Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

DRA He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?

YLT Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou?

Drby [It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

RV It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
(It is high as heaven; what canst/can thou/you do? deeper than Sheol; what canst/can thou/you know?)

SLT The heavens being high, what wilt thou do? Hades being deep, what wilt thou know?

Wbstr It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

KJB-1769 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?[fn]
(It is as high as heaven; what canst/can thou/you do? deeper than hell; what canst/can thou/you know?)

KJB-1611 It is [fn]as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?
(It is as high as heaven, what canst/can thou/you do? deeper then hell, what canst/can thou/you know?)

Bshps It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?
(It is higher then heaven, what art thou/you able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt/will thou/you then know it?)

Gnva The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it?
(The heavens are high, what canst/can thou/you do? it is deeper then the hell, how canst/can thou/you know it?)

Cvdl He is hyer the heaue, what wilt thou do? Deper the hell, how wilt thou then knowe him?
(He is higher the heaven, what wilt/will thou/you do? Deper the hell, how wilt/will thou/you then know him?)

Wycl He is hiyere than heuene, and what schalt thou do? he is deppere than helle, and wherof schalt thou knowe?
(He is higher than heaven, and what shalt/shall thou/you do? he is deppere than hell, and whereof shalt/shall thou/you know?)

Luth Er ist höher denn der Himmel; was willst du tun? tiefer denn die Hölle; was kannst du wissen?
(He is higher because/than the/of_the heaven; what/which want you(sg) do/put? deeper/lower because/than the hell; what/which can you(sg) realise?)

ClVg Excelsior cælo est, et quid facies? profundior inferno, et unde cognosces?[fn]
(Exaltedor the_sky it_is, and what faces? profundior hell, and from_where/who cognosces?)

UHB גָּבְהֵ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָ֑ל עֲמֻקָּ֥ה מִ֝⁠שְּׁא֗וֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὑψηλὸς ὁ οὐρανὸς, καὶ τί ποιήσεις; βαθύτερα δὲ τῶν ἐν ᾅδου, τί οἶδας;

BrTr Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?