Job Chapter 38 verse 18 Holy Bible
Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
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Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.
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Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.
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Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Perceived.--Or rather, perhaps, comprehended.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.