Job 38:18

Translations

Modern

Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

Traditional

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Literal

Have you comprehended to the breadths of the earth? Declare it if you know all of it.

Latin

Numquid considerasti latitudinem terræ? indica mihi, si nosti, omnia:

Original

Hebrew

English

Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Psalm 89:11–12
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Jeremiah 31:37
This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
Revelation 20:9
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Job 28:24
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Psalm 74:17
You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Earth: Ideas of the Ancients Respecting the Form of

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