The Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? literally, heights of the heavens; what canst thou do? But the meaning is probably that expressed in the Authorized Version. God's perfectness is unattainable by man's thought, as the heights of the heavens are by his feet.

Deeper than hell; literally, than Sheol, or the receptacle of the dead (see the comment on Job 10:21). St. Paul speaks of the "deep things," or rather, "the depths" ( τὰ βάθη) of God (see 1 Corinthians 2:10).

What canst thou know? How small a part of the Divine nature can any man thoroughly comprehend and know!

More for Job 11:8

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-20Humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God. Zophar, the youngest of the friends, now comes forward once more to beat down the complaint of Job with the old arguments and commonplaces. To support his words, he does…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-20EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:1-20Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters (Job 2:11), and probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and delivers an angry and violent speech. He begins by accusing Job of having spoken at un…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryMatthew Henry on Job 11:7-12Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be th…Matthew Henry commentaryMatthew Henry on Job 11:7-12Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful influence upon our submissi…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:7-12Zophar to Job: 2. God's wisdom and man's folly. I. THE PERFECTION OF DIVINE WISDOM. 1. Unsearchable. Zophar's interrogations (verse 7) may signify either that man can never fully understand God, or that man's wisdom can…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 11:7-12Man humbled before God. Vain man reasons upon the ways of God, and presumes to penetrate to the depths of the Divine wisdom. A professed wisdom lands him in folly. To scale the heavens is as easy as to "find out the Alm…Joseph S. Exell and contributors