It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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Gill's Exposition
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?.... Or, "is higher than the heavens" (i); either the wisdom of God and the secrets of it; the perfection of his wisdom, by which he has made the heavens;…
Barnes' Notes
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 examine, with accuracy, an object that is as far off as the…
Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful…
Cambridge Bible
His wisdom is immeasurable, unfathomable. The words are an exclamation: heights of heaven! what canst thou do? thou art impotent before it, to scale it or reach it.
deeper than hell i. e. than Sheol,…
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