Job 28:24

24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world, and beholdeth all things that be under heaven.

Job 28:24 Meaning and Commentary

Job 28:24

For he looketh to the ends of the earth
In this and some following verses, reasons and are given, which abundantly show that God must know the way and place of wisdom; since all the parts and places of the earth, even to the ends of it, are seen by him, and all creatures and things in it; nor is there anything in heaven, earth, and hell, that is hid from him; and therefore if there is a way to it, or a place for it, he must needs know it; where its direction is, or where it steers its course, and takes up its abode

[and] seeth under the whole heaven;
the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, the inhabitants of the world, and all that is done in it; everything falls under the eye of his omniscience, and under the notice of his providence, which extends to all creatures and things throughout the whole earth, and under the compass of the heavens; and since all places and persons are obvious to his view, and all subject to his all wise and disposing providence, and are ordered, directed, and governed, according to his sovereign will and pleasure; the path of wisdom, and the place of understanding, he must be acquainted with; and particularly his all seeing eye, and all powerful providence, are concerned in the following things, and in which there are wonderful proofs of his knowledge and wisdom.

Job 28:24 In-Context

22 Perdition and death said, With our ears we have heard (of) the fame of wisdom.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world, and beholdeth all things that be under heaven.
25 He hath made weight to winds (He hath made a counter-weight for the winds), and he hath weighed (the) waters in measure.
26 When he set law to rain, and way to tempests sounding; (When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding tempests;)
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