Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. New Living Translation Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know! English Standard Version Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. Berean Standard Bible Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. King James Bible Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. New King James Version Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. New American Standard Bible “Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. NASB 1995 “Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. NASB 1977 “Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. Legacy Standard Bible Have you carefully considered the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. Amplified Bible “Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. Christian Standard Bible Have you comprehended the extent of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. Holman Christian Standard Bible Have you comprehended the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. American Standard Version Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all. Contemporary English Version And how large is the earth? Tell me, if you know! English Revised Version Hast thou comprehended the breadth of the earth? declare, if thou knowest it all. GOD'S WORD® Translation Have you [even] considered how wide the earth is? Tell me, if you know all of this! Good News Translation Have you any idea how big the world is? Answer me if you know. International Standard Version Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all! Majority Standard Bible Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. NET Bible Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all! New Heart English Bible Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all. Webster's Bible Translation Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. World English Bible Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have understanding, "" Even to the broad places of earth! Declare—if you have known it all. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all. Smith's Literal Translation Wilt thou consider even to the breadth of the earth? Announce if thou knewest all of it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things? Catholic Public Domain Version Have you considered the breadth of the earth? If you know all things, reveal them to me. New American Bible Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all. New Revised Standard Version Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHave you seen the whole breadth of the earth? Declare to me if you know it all. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Have you seen all the breadth of the Earth? Show me if you know OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all. Brenton Septuagint Translation And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it? Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,… Cross References Psalm 104:24-25 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. / Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? Proverbs 8:27-29 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, / when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, / when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. 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. Psalm 139:7-10 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? / If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. / If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, ... Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. Genesis 1:9-10 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. / God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. Amos 9:6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name. Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! Colossians 1:16-17 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Hebrews 1:2-3 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. / The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 1 Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. Ephesians 3:9 and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. John 1:3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.” Treasury of Scripture Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all. Psalm 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. Psalm 89:11,12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them… Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. Jump to Previous Breadth Broad Compassed Comprehended Declare Earth Expanse Limits Note Perceived Places Surveyed Understanding Understood Vast WideJump to Next Breadth Broad Compassed Comprehended Declare Earth Expanse Limits Note Perceived Places Surveyed Understanding Understood Vast WideJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness Have you surveyed The phrase "Have you surveyed" invites us to consider the vastness and complexity of God's creation. The Hebrew root word here is "yada," which means to know or perceive. This word challenges Job, and by extension, us, to reflect on our limited understanding compared to God's omniscience. In a historical context, ancient civilizations had limited means to explore the earth, making this question even more profound. It underscores the divine wisdom and knowledge that surpasses human capability. the extent of the earth? Tell Me if you know all this The breadth of the earth.--The earth being conceived of as a vast plain (comp. Job 38:13). Unscientific as all this language is, it is not a little remarkable that the majestic sublimity of it is not one whit affected thereby. Verse 18. - Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? literally, the breadths; i.e. the dimensions generally. The exact dimensions are probably not even yet known. Job can scarcely have had any conception of them. To him the earth was probably a vast plain, extended, he knew not how far, in all directions. Declare if thou knowest it all (comp. vers. 4, 5, and 21).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Have you surveyedהִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ (hiṯ·bō·nan·tā) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand the extent רַחֲבֵי־ (ra·ḥă·ḇê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7338: Breadth, broad expanse of the earth? אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Tell [Me], הַ֝גֵּ֗ד (hag·gêḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you know יָדַ֥עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know all this. כֻלָּֽהּ׃ (ḵul·lāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Links Job 38:18 NIVJob 38:18 NLT Job 38:18 ESV Job 38:18 NASB Job 38:18 KJV Job 38:18 BibleApps.com Job 38:18 Biblia Paralela Job 38:18 Chinese Bible Job 38:18 French Bible Job 38:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:18 Have you comprehended the earth in its (Jb) |