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What does Job 11:8 mean?

"They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?"

— Job 11:8 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

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that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

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“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

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They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

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Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

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For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

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