Job 11:8
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- 20 The Hebrew says “heights of heaven, what can you do?” A. B. Davidson suggested this was an exclamation and should be left that way. But most commentators will repoint גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם (govhe shamayim, “heights of heaven”) to גְּבֹהָה מִשָּׁמַיִם (gévohah mishamayim, “higher than the heavens”) to match the parallel expression. The may have rearranged the text: “heaven is high.”
- 21 Or “deeper than hell.” The word “Sheol” always poses problems for translation. Here because it is the opposite of heaven in this merism, “hell” would be a legitimate translation. It refers to the realm of the dead—the grave and beyond. The language is excessive; but the point is that God’s wisdom is immeasurable—and Job is powerless before it.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
It is higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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NLTNew Living Translation
Such knowledge is higher than the heavens—
and who are you?
It is deeper than the underworld—
what do you know?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
It is higher than the heaven; what can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
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KJV 1900King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?
Deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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