9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
9 Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
9 Stretching farther than earth's horizons, far wider than the endless ocean.
9 Their measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
9 It is broader than the earth and wider than the sea.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 11:9
Commentary on Job 11:7-12
(Read Job 11:7-12)
Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable. Man is a vain creature; empty, so the word is. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he will not submit to the laws of wisdom. He would be wise, he reaches after forbidden wisdom, and, like his first parents, aiming to be wise above what is written, loses the tree of life for the tree of knowledge. Is such a creature as this fit to contend with God?