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God is Beyond Our Grasp
Commentators agree that this verse uses powerful imagery—the highest heavens and the deepest abyss (Sheol)—to declare that God's wisdom and nature are fundamentally incomprehensible to the human mind. As scholars like Gill and Barnes note, we cannot fully "find out God" through our own efforts; His thoughts and ways are infinitely higher and deeper than our own. This truth invites us to trust Him even when we don't understand.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 11:8
18th Century
Theologian
It is as high as heaven – That is, the knowledge of God; or the subject is as high as heaven. The idea is, that man is incompetent to examin…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 11:8
19th Century
Bishop
It is as high as heaven. —Literally, The heights of heaven; what can you do? it is deeper than the grave; what can you know?
Charles Spurgeon
On Job 11:8–9
19th Century
Preacher
God is incomprehensible by any finite mind; and he is omnipotent, too.
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John Gill
On Job 11:8
17th Century
Pastor
[It is] as high as heaven; what can you do ?
&c.] Or, "is higher than the heavens" F9 ; either the wisdom…
Matthew Henry
On Job 11:7–12
17th Century
Minister
Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, and concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be hu…