Job 11

Job · Chapter 11

Job 11:9

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[is] longאֲרֻכָּ֣ה'a-ru-KAHH0752
long

אָרֹךְ (a.rokh) 1) long 1a) of time 1b) of God's wisdom (fig.)

more than [the] earthמֵאֶ֣רֶץme-'E-retzH0776G
land: country/planet

אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) : country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth …

measure itsמִדָּ֑הּmi-DAHH4055
garment

מַד (mad) 1) measure, cloth garment 1a) measure 1b) cloth, carpet 1c) garment (outer)

and broadוּ֝רְחָבָ֗הu-re-cha-VAHH7342H
broad: wide

רָחָב (ra.chav) broad, wide Also means: ra.chav (רָחָב ": arrogant" H7342I)

more thanמִנִּי־mi-ni-H4480A
from

מִן־ (min) prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that …

[the] seaיָֽם׃YamH3220G
sea

יָם (yam) : sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.