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Zophar Rebukes Job

Job 11:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
KJV
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
WEB
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
ASV
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
LSV
Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
YLT
Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
DBY
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
DRC
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
GNV
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
JPS
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
LXXE
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲרֻכָּ֣ה מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִדָּ֑הּ וּ֝רְחָבָ֗ה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃
LXX-Br
ἢ μακρότερα μέτρου γῆς, ἢ εὔρους θαλάσσης;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 139:9–10If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
  • Psalms 65:5–8With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might. You…
  • Job 28:24–25For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

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