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Job 11:9Job.11.9

The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La mesure en est plus longue que la terre, Elle est plus large que la mer.

KJV

The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Patristic reading

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  • Florus of Lyon

    Book against John Scotus

    rything or confines it to one point, who can resist Him? Or who can say to Him: Why do you do this?" Job 11:8-10. Certainly, the omnipotent Creator, when preparing to destroy the world with a flood because of the extreme wickedness and impiety of humans, said through the testimon…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    On Nature and Grace

    what has three dimensions is a body, and sacred Scripture attributes three dimensions to God, as in Job 11:8-9 : “It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.” God is t…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    r. Terra, quilibet sanctus, ut in Job: «Longior * est tibi terra mensura ejus [Note: [Col. 1065] 15 Job XI, 9.] ,» quod contemplationem viri sancti magnitudo Dei [Col. 1065D] excedit. Terra, quilibet subjectus, ut in Job: «Terram ungula fodit [Note: [Col. 1065] 16 Job XXXIX,…

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