Job 11:9

9 Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

Job 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 11:9

The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader
than the sea.
] Length is generally ascribed to the earth, and width to the sea; the ends of the earth are used for a great distance, and the sea is called the great and wide sea; see ^F11 ( Psalms 72:1 ) ( 104:25 ) ; but God and his perfections, particularly his wisdom and understanding, are infinite, ( Psalms 147:5 ) ; and will admit of no dimensions; as his love, so his wisdom, has an height which cannot be reached, a depth that cannot be fathomed, and a length and breadth immeasurable; see ( Ephesians 3:18 ) ; from hence it appears that God is omniscient, omnipresent, and incomprehensible; and since he is to be found in Christ, and in him only, it is in vain for us to seek for him elsewhere: next the sovereignty of God is discoursed of.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 "Quid oceano longius inveriri potest", Cicero. Orat. 36.

Job 11:9 In-Context

7 Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end which the Almighty has made?

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

9 Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

10 And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?

11 For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook .