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Selected Verse: Job 38:18 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Job 38:18	Strong Concordance	Hast thou perceived [0995] the breadth [07338] of the earth [0776]? declare [05046] if thou knowest [03045] it all.
	King James	Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Hast thou--as God doth (Job 28:24).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Hast thou--as God doth (Job 28:24).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? - How far the earth extends. To see the force of this, we must remember that the early conception of the earth was that it was a vast plain, and that in the time of Job its limits were unknown. One of the earliest and most obvious inquiries would naturally be, What was the extent of the earth? By what was it bounded? And what was the character of the regions beyond those which were then known? All this was hidden from man at that time, and God, therefore, asks with emphasis whether Job had been able to determine this great inquiry. The knowledge of this is put on the same foundation as that of the depths of the sea, and of the dark regions of the dead, and in the time of Job the one was as much unknown as the other. God, who knew all this, must, therefore, be infinitely exalted above man.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? - How far the earth extends. To see the force of this, we must remember that the early conception of the earth was that it was a vast plain, and that in the time of Job its limits were unknown. One of the earliest and most obvious inquiries would naturally be, What was the extent of the earth? By what was it bounded? And what was the character of the regions beyond those which were then known? All this was hidden from man at that time, and God, therefore, asks with emphasis whether Job had been able to determine this great inquiry. The knowledge of this is put on the same foundation as that of the depths of the sea, and of the dark regions of the dead, and in the time of Job the one was as much unknown as the other. God, who knew all this, must, therefore, be infinitely exalted above man.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Breadth - The whole compass and all the parts of it?

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Breadth - The whole compass and all the parts of it?

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The breadth of the earth? - At that time the circumference of the globe was not known, because the earth itself was supposed to be a vast extended plain, bordered all round with the ocean and the sky.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The breadth of the earth? - At that time the circumference of the globe was not known, because the earth itself was supposed to be a vast extended plain, bordered all round with the ocean and the sky.

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