Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Look at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds high above you.

New American Standard Bible

Look at the heavens and see;
And behold the clouds—they are higher than you.

King James Version

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

International Standard Version

"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?

A Conservative Version

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

American Standard Version

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Amplified


“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.

Bible in Basic English

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

Darby Translation

Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

Julia Smith Translation

Look upon the heavens and see; behold the clouds, they were high above thee.

King James 2000

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you.

Modern King James verseion

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds; they are higher than you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Look unto the heaven, and behold it: consider the clouds, how they are higher than thou.

NET Bible

Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

New Heart English Bible

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

The Emphasized Bible

Look at the heavens and see, - and survey the skies - they are higher than thou.

Webster

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

World English Bible

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

and behold
שׁוּר 
Shuwr 
Usage: 17

the clouds
שׁחק 
Shachaq 
Usage: 21

גּבהּ 
Gabahh 
Usage: 34

References

Easton

Smith

Context Readings

Elihu Condemns Job

4 I will answer you
and your friends with you.
5 Look at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?



Cross References

Job 22:12

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

Isaiah 55:9

“For as heaven is higher than earth,
so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

Job 25:5-6

If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in His sight,

Job 36:26-5

Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;
the number of His years cannot be counted.

Job 37:16

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

Job 37:22-23

Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
awesome majesty surrounds Him.

Psalm 8:3-4

When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,

Isaiah 40:22-23

God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

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