Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The heavens being high, what wilt thou do? Hades being deep, what wilt thou know?
New American Standard Bible
Deeper than
King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Holman Bible
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
International Standard Version
These things are higher than the heavens, so what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol, so what can you know?
A Conservative Version
It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?
American Standard Version
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Amplified
“His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?
Bible in Basic English
They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Darby Translation
It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
King James 2000
It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
Modern King James verseion
Heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than hell, what can you know?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He is higher than heaven; what wilt thou do? Deeper than hell; how wilt thou then know him?
NET Bible
It is higher than the heavens -- what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol -- what can you know?
New Heart English Bible
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
The Emphasized Bible
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know?
Webster
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
World English Bible
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
Youngs Literal Translation
Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?
Themes
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Interlinear
Pa`al
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 11:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Can Do As He Pleases
7 Searching shalt thou and God? Shalt thou find the Almighty even to completeness? 8 The heavens being high, what wilt thou do? Hades being deep, what wilt thou know? 9 Its measure long above the earth, and broad above the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12
Is not God high in the heavens? and see the head of the stars for they were lifted up.
Job 26:6
Hades is naked before him, and no covering to destruction.
Job 35:5
Look upon the heavens and see; behold the clouds, they were high above thee.
2 Chronicles 6:18
For indeed will God dwell with man upon the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens will not contain thee; much less this house which I built
Psalm 103:11
For as the height of the heavens above the earth, his mercy prevailed upon those fearing him.
Psalm 139:6-8
Knowledge being wonderful from me; being high, I shall not be able for it
Psalm 148:13
They shall praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty over the earth and the heavens.
Proverbs 25:2-3
The glory of God to conceal the word: and the glory of kings to search the word.
Isaiah 55:9
As the heavens were high above the earth, so my ways were high above your ways, and my purposes above your purposes.
Amos 9:2
If they shall break through into hades, from thence shall my hand take them; and if they shall go up to the heavens, from thence I will bring them down.
Ephesians 3:18-19
That ye might be fully able to comprehend with all the holy what the length, and breadth, and depth, and height;