Job - 28:24



24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.

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Explanation and meaning of Job 28:24.

Differing Translations

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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,
For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.
For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth - That is, God sees and knows everything. He looks upon the whole universe. Man sees objects dimly; he sees but a few, and he little understands the bearing of one thing or another.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth - His knowledge is unlimited, and his power infinite.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth,.... In this and some following verses, reasons and are given, which abundantly show that God must know the way and place of wisdom; since all the parts and places of the earth, even to the ends of it, are seen by him, and all creatures and things in it; nor is there anything in heaven, earth, and hell, that is hid from him; and therefore if there is a way to it, or a place for it, he must needs know it; where its direction is, or where it steers its course, and takes up its abode
and seeth under the whole heaven; the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, the inhabitants of the world, and all that is done in it; everything falls under the eye of his omniscience, and under the notice of his providence, which extends to all creatures and things throughout the whole earth, and under the compass of the heavens; and since all places and persons are obvious to his view, and all subject to his all wise and disposing providence, and are ordered, directed, and governed, according to his sovereign will and pleasure; the path of wisdom, and the place of understanding, he must be acquainted with; and particularly his all seeing eye, and all powerful providence, are concerned in the following things, and in which there are wonderful proofs of his knowledge and wisdom.

"Seeth (all that is) under," &c.

For - He, and he only knows it, because his providence, is infinite and universal, reaching to all places, and times, past, present, and to come; whereas the most knowing men have narrow understandings, and the wisdom, and justice, and beauty of God's works are not fully seen 'till all the parts of them be laid together.

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